Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25009252601 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25009252601 · Essex County, MA · pop 7,175
With a score of $1/10, tract 25009252601 in Essex ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 7,175 residents. On the national scale it ranks #21,102 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,386 a month while the average household earns $96,317 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,713
Renter share20.6%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$96,317
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Essex County and the region
Centroid at 42.7378, -71.1318 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25009252601 scores 2.4
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
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,386 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 25009252601 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 15.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25009252601
What moves this score most is 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 below 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 42nd 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.
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 25009252601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25009252601?
Census tract 25009252601 in Essex County scores 2.4/10 (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 25009252601?
Median gross rent is $1,386/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25009252601?
6.1% of residents in tract 25009252601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,175.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25009252601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 89th, minority 55th, housing 14th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25009252601 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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