Within parent city
16
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Lowell Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25017310601 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,352
25017310601 is a census tract in Lowell, MA. It scores 7.4/10 for landlords. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
7.4
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.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lowell and the region
Centroid at 42.6502, -71.3643 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lowell scores 7.4
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
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
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)
- 191Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2013)
- 31Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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
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
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Average gross rent is $1,295, 20% below the Lowell average. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
Court records carry 191 eviction filings across 5 observed years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 9.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #10,727 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.6/10.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017310601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017310601?
Census tract 25017310601 in Lowell scores 7.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
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.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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.
Q6
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.
Q7
How does tract 25017310601 compare to Lowell overall?
Tract 25017310601 scores 7.4/10, 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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