Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Brookside Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017317201 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 2,724 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
How risky is the Brookside area of Middlesex for landlords? Census tract 25017317201 scores 4.5/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 23% of US census tracts.
Average household income is about $206,875 a year. About 0% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 40% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 100%
Tract context
Occupied units901
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$206,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middlesex County and the region
Centroid at 42.5994, -71.3911 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brookside scores 1.7
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
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Brookside 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.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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)
- 2Total filings over 2 yrs
- 0.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
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.
- 5.5%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.2%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.2%Transit barriers
- 2.2%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 22.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brookside
What moves this score most is 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 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 2 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.6% of renter households in 2013.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.5% 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 25017317201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017317201?
Census tract 25017317201 in the Brookside neighborhood scores 1.7/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 25017317201?
2.4% of residents in tract 25017317201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,724.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017317201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 12th, minority 26th, housing 8th.
Q4
Is tract 25017317201 considered part of Brookside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017317201 fall within Brookside (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017317201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25017317201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.00% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017317201 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.5% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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