Census Tract · Ranked #22,303 of 84,120 nationally

Lowell Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25017310601 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,352

Census tract 25017310601 runs through Lowell in Middlesex County. With 5,352 residents, it scores 4.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 29% of US census tracts.

About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,295 a month against an average household income of $75,872 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 32% of occupied homes.

Risk score

6.2

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 21% Owners 68%

Tract context

Occupied units2,042

Renter share31.6%

SVI overall0.73

Poverty rate5.0%

Median income$75,872

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lowell and the region

Centroid at 42.6502, -71.3643 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lowell scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

5.0% poverty · this tract

1.2

Supply constraint

$1,295 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 Lowell compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 73

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

30%Socioeconomic
98%Household composition
52%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

191Total filings over 5 yrs
5.79%Avg annual filing rate
9.8%Peak (2013)
31Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings dropped 18% 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

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

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

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.

11.8%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
13.5%Food insecurity
14.2%SNAP enrollment
8.0%Transit barriers
5.7%No health insurance
15.7%Frequent mental distress
29.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lowell

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.5/10. 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 inherited from Lowell eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and below 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 73rd 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 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017310601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017310601?

Census tract 25017310601 in Lowell scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25017310601?

Median gross rent is $1,295/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017310601?

5.0% of residents in tract 25017310601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,352.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017310601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 98th, minority 52th, housing 84th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017310601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 191 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017310601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.79% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25017310601 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.8% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017310601 compare to Lowell overall?

Tract 25017310601 scores 6.2/10, lower than the parent city of Lowell at 6.8/10. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lowell

Top eight tracts in Lowell ranked by composite eviction-risk score.