Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25017316101 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017316101 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 4,704
Census tract 25017316101 covers part of Middlesex County, MA, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,704. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 98%
Tract context
Occupied units1,625
Renter share2.0%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate2.2%
Median income$145,875
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 42.5699, -71.2331 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25017316101 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
2.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,893 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 25017316101 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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)
- 17Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2012)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% 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
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.1%Food insecurity
- 9.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 3.5%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 24.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25017316101
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.4 points below the Middlesex County average of 6.3.
Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Food insecurity runs 8.1% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 17 evictions over 5 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.5% against 11.3% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 6.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 2% 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.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.3/10. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $145,875, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017316101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017316101?
Census tract 25017316101 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 average rent in tract 25017316101?
Median gross rent is $1,893/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017316101?
2.2% of residents in tract 25017316101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,704.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017316101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 7th, minority 21th, housing 6th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017316101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 17 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017316101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.45% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017316101 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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