Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Lowell Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017312300 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,262
Tract 25017312300, home to 5,262 residents in Lowell, scores 4.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 35% of US census tracts.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,755 monthly, set against $117,649 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,070
Renter share35.7%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$117,649
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lowell and the region
Centroid at 42.6249, -71.2881 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lowell scores 3.2
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
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,755 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%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)
- 215Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2012)
- 37Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 34% 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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.0%Food insecurity
- 15.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.8%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 about the same as 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 215 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 6.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.5% of renter households in 2012.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% 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 25017312300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017312300?
Census tract 25017312300 in Lowell scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 25017312300?
Median gross rent is $1,755/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017312300?
2.4% of residents in tract 25017312300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,262.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017312300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 87th, minority 56th, housing 42th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017312300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 215 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017312300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.28% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017312300 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017312300 compare to Lowell overall?
Tract 25017312300 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Lowell at 6.1/10. 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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