Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
City Hall Historic District Eviction Risk: High , Lowell
Tract 25017310500 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,755 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 25017310500 sits in the City Hall Historic District area of Lowell eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. It is home to 3,755 residents. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,420
Renter share65.1%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate20.0%
Median income$75,410
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
76
th percentile
High
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lowell and the region
Centroid at 42.6562, -71.3261 · click any tract to drill in
Why City Hall Historic District scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lowell
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
20.0% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,619 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lowell
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lowell
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lowell
6.5
How City Hall Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 91Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2013)
- 18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within City Hall Historic District. 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.
- 16.7%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.6%Food insecurity
- 23.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.8%Transit barriers
- 7.1%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in City Hall Historic District
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.
This is renter territory: 65% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Middlesex County average of 43.0%. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 91 filings here across 5 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 23.3% against 15.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2013 at 3.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, 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 25017310500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017310500?
Census tract 25017310500 in the City Hall Historic District neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 25017310500?
Median gross rent is $1,619/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017310500?
20.0% of residents in tract 25017310500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,755.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017310500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 6th, minority 65th, housing 70th.
Q5
Is tract 25017310500 considered part of City Hall Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017310500 fall within City Hall Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017310500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 91 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017310500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.71% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017310500 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.7% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017310500 compare to Lowell overall?
Tract 25017310500 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Lowell at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lowell eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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