Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
Chelmsford Center Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25017317101 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,516 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 25017317101 covers part of the Chelmsford Center Historic District area of Middlesex County, MA, and scores 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units3,029
Renter share35.1%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$103,808
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
National
79
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middlesex County and the region
Centroid at 42.5865, -71.3694 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chelmsford Center Historic District scores 6.1
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
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,955 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 Chelmsford Center Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 196Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2016)
- 49Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 32% 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
Within Chelmsford Center Historic District. 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
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chelmsford Center Historic District
Cost burden runs 57% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.9/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.
Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Court records carry 196 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Food insecurity runs 9.4% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5/10.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017317101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017317101?
Census tract 25017317101 in the Chelmsford Center Historic District neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 25017317101?
Median gross rent is $1,955/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017317101?
7.5% of residents in tract 25017317101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,516.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017317101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 36th, minority 36th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 25017317101 considered part of Chelmsford Center Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017317101 fall within Chelmsford Center Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017317101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 196 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017317101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.97% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017317101 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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