Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
Cambodia Town Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lowell
Tract 25017311600 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,039 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 6.5/10, tract 25017311600 in the Cambodia Town area of Lowell, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,039 residents. 29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Middlesex County average of 43.0%.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,980
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$118,170
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lowell and the region
Centroid at 42.6219, -71.3324 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cambodia Town scores 6.5
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
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,860 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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)
- 168Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2015)
- 30Filings 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 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 15.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cambodia Town
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.6/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10.
On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 168 evictions over 5 years of observation.
At $1,860 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Lowell commands. The worst year on record was 2015, when 5.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10. It tracks the Middlesex County average of 6.3 closely. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $118,170.
40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017311600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017311600?
Census tract 25017311600 in the Cambodia Town neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 25017311600?
Median gross rent is $1,860/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017311600?
7.5% of residents in tract 25017311600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,039.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017311600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 58th, minority 67th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 25017311600 considered part of Cambodia Town?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017311600 fall within Cambodia Town (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017311600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 168 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017311600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.81% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017311600 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017311600 compare to Lowell overall?
Tract 25017311600 scores 6.5/10, right in line with 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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