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Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Little Neck Eviction Risk: Moderate , Ipswich

Tract 25009223100 · Essex County, MA · pop 3,912 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 25009223100 sits in the Little Neck area of Ipswich, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. Population here is 3,912. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 9% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,800
Renter share24.2%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$132,182

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Little Neck
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Ipswich
Moderate
Within county
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#123 of 173 tracts In Essex County
Low
Within state
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#1,134 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ipswich and the region

Centroid at 42.7060, -70.8133 · click any tract to drill in

Why Little Neck scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ipswich
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,321 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ipswich
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ipswich
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ipswich
4.6

How Little Neck compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Little Neck risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 2231005.9Ipswichparent city6.0Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Little Neck

62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Essex County average of 50.7%. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10. Against the Essex County average of 6.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 2.6% against 11.3% nationally.

Housing insecurity runs 5.9% against 14.2% nationally. At $1,321 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Ipswich commands.

On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25009223100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009223100?

Census tract 25009223100 in the Little Neck neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 25009223100?

Median gross rent is $1,321/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25009223100?

7.3% of residents in tract 25009223100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,912.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25009223100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 43th, minority 10th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 25009223100 considered part of Little Neck?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25009223100 fall within Little Neck (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 25009223100 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.9% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25009223100 compare to Ipswich overall?

Tract 25009223100 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Ipswich at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ipswich; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ipswich

Top eight tracts in Ipswich ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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