Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25017315500 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017315500 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 7,512
With a score of 3.6/10, tract 25017315500 in Middlesex ranks in the Lower tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 7,512 residents. That is riskier than roughly 6% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
0% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,320 monthly, set against $136,724 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units2,908
Renter share5.2%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate0.4%
Median income$136,724
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middlesex County and the region
Centroid at 42.5860, -71.2155 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25017315500 scores 1.6
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
0.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,320 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 25017315500 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.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 39Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.7%Peak (2012)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 3.8%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25017315500
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below 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 39 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 6.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.7% of renter households in 2012.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017315500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017315500?
Census tract 25017315500 in Middlesex County scores 1.6/10 (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 25017315500?
Median gross rent is $1,320/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017315500?
0.4% of residents in tract 25017315500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,512.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017315500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 12th, minority 24th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017315500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017315500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.01% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017315500 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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