South Common Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lowell

Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 69% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. 49% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Middlesex County average of 43.0%.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 164 evictions over 5 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2016, when 4.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.1% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.