Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Pinehurst Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017316202 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,579 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Pinehurst
25017316202 is a census tract in Pinehurst, MA. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. 36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,334
Renter share3.7%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$126,797
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
6
th percentile
Very Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pinehurst and the region
Centroid at 42.5320, -71.2244 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pinehurst scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pinehurst
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,605 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pinehurst
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pinehurst
1.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pinehurst
5.1
How Pinehurst compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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)
- 26Total filings over 5 yrs
- 8.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.0%Peak (2015)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% 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.
- 9.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.6%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.9%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 26.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pinehurst
Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.8 points. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Cost burden runs 56% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10.
Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 1.9/10. At $1,605 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Pinehurst commands.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 26 filings here across 5 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 10.6% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 4.2% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2015 at 17.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.1% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 31st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017316202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017316202?
Census tract 25017316202 in Pinehurst scores 3.5/10 (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 25017316202?
Median gross rent is $1,605/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017316202?
4.9% of residents in tract 25017316202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,579.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017316202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 31th, minority 45th, housing 7th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017316202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017316202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.05% of renter households, peaking at 17.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017316202 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.8% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017316202 compare to Pinehurst overall?
Tract 25017316202 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Pinehurst at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pinehurst; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pinehurst
Top eight tracts in Pinehurst ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Pinehurst
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Middlesex County
Parent state ↑
Massachusetts
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