Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25017315100 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017315100 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,954
With a score of 4.9/10, tract 25017315100 in Middlesex County, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,954 residents. Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 10% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,961
Renter share3.5%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$147,034
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middlesex County and the region
Centroid at 42.6282, -71.2659 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25017315100 scores 4.9
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
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Tract 25017315100 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 32Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2014)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 150% 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 10.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 3.8%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25017315100
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. It sits 1.4 points below the Middlesex County average of 6.3. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.3/10.
Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 32 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.8% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2014, when 4.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 59% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017315100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017315100?
Census tract 25017315100 in Middlesex County scores 4.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 25017315100?
3.5% of residents in tract 25017315100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,954.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017315100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 26th, minority 19th, housing 13th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017315100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017315100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.70% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25017315100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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