Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25017316400 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017316400 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,944
The Moderate-tier score of $1/10 for census tract 25017316400 reflects conditions in Middlesex in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. That is riskier than roughly 39% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,676 monthly, set against $149,191 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,558
Renter share18.8%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$149,191
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 42.5636, -71.3082 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25017316400 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
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,676 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 25017316400 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.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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)
- 31Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.9%Peak (2013)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% 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
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.7%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 15.6%Frequent mental distress
- 23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25017316400
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 about the same as 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 31 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 6.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.9% of renter households in 2013.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017316400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017316400?
Census tract 25017316400 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 25017316400?
Median gross rent is $2,676/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017316400?
2.5% of residents in tract 25017316400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,944.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017316400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 7th, minority 35th, housing 27th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017316400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017316400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.38% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017316400 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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