Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Norris Corner Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017313102 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,349 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 25017313102 covers part of the Norris Corner area of Middlesex County, MA, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,886
Renter share12.9%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$125,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middlesex County and the region
Centroid at 42.6789, -71.3956 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norris Corner scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,091 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Norris Corner compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 51Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2016)
- 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 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.
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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 9.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 3.2%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 24.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Norris Corner
Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is economic stress at 2/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.4/10. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.4% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 51 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.2% against 11.3% nationally. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 3.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 13% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017313102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017313102?
Census tract 25017313102 in the Norris Corner neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 25017313102?
Median gross rent is $2,091/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017313102?
7.9% of residents in tract 25017313102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,349.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017313102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 52th, minority 30th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 25017313102 considered part of Norris Corner?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017313102 fall within Norris Corner (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017313102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017313102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.92% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017313102 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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