Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25009252101 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25009252101 · Essex County, MA · pop 3,529
Eviction risk in Essex in Essex County centers on tract 25009252101, which scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 3,529 residents. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
66% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,596 monthly, set against $77,270 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,455
Renter share32.0%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate10.2%
Median income$77,270
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Essex County and the region
Centroid at 42.7032, -71.1996 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25009252101 scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
10.2% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,596 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 25009252101 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.3%Food insecurity
- 15.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.5%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 29.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25009252101
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Essex County average of 6.5 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 57th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25009252101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009252101?
Census tract 25009252101 in Essex County scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 25009252101?
Median gross rent is $1,596/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25009252101?
10.2% of residents in tract 25009252101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,529.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25009252101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 68th, minority 58th, housing 37th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25009252101 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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