Downtown Lawrence Historic District Eviction Risk: High

Against the Essex County average of 6.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 3.0 points. SNAP participation runs 42.3% against 15.2% nationally.

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 9.2/10. The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against Essex County at 50.7%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.2/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 19.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.

At $1,367 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Lawrence commands. Nationally it ranks #4,119 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.8 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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