Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25017315402 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017315402 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,297
Tract 25017315402 sits in Middlesex County, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 3,297 residents. Cost burden runs 10% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,336
Renter share10.6%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$126,429
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middlesex County and the region
Centroid at 42.6084, -71.1871 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25017315402 scores 5.1
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
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,326 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 25017315402 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 15Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.1%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 75% 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 3.4%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25017315402
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Middlesex County average of 6.3.
Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.3/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 15 filings here across 5 tracked years. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.4% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2013, when 11.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 11% 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.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.4/10, 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017315402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017315402?
Census tract 25017315402 in Middlesex County scores 5.1/10 (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 25017315402?
Median gross rent is $2,326/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017315402?
2.2% of residents in tract 25017315402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,297.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017315402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 13th, minority 14th, housing 10th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017315402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017315402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.46% of renter households, peaking at 11.1% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017315402 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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