Merrimack-Middle Street Historic District Eviction Risk: High , Lowell

72% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. 53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Middlesex County average of 43.0%. It sits 1.7 points above the Middlesex County average of 6.3.

17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 7.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,587, close to the Lowell average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.