Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Cambodia Town Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lowell
Tract 25017310602 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,111 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 25017310602 covers part of the Cambodia Town area of Lowell, MA, and scores 7.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,111. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,405
Renter share49.3%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$94,042
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lowell and the region
Centroid at 42.6489, -71.3440 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cambodia Town 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
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,979 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Cambodia Town compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 75%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)
- 142Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2012)
- 27Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 16% 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 Cambodia Town. 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.
- 13.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 16.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.2%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 28.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cambodia Town
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 2/10. At $1,979 a month, rents run 22% over what the rest of Lowell commands.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Cost burden runs 37% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County.
Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 142 evictions over 5 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 4.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. 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 least pressured.
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.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017310602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017310602?
Census tract 25017310602 in the Cambodia Town neighborhood 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 25017310602?
Median gross rent is $1,979/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017310602?
9.7% of residents in tract 25017310602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,111.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017310602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 23th, minority 61th, housing 75th.
Q5
Is tract 25017310602 considered part of Cambodia Town?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017310602 fall within Cambodia Town (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017310602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 142 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017310602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.62% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017310602 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.0% 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.
Q8
How does tract 25017310602 compare to Lowell overall?
Tract 25017310602 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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