Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Brookside Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017317201 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 2,724 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 25017317201 covers part of the Brookside area of Middlesex County, MA, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,724. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
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
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
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 5
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
It sits 1.3 points below the Middlesex County average of 6.3. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 2.2% against 11.3% nationally. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.3/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2 filings here across 2 tracked years. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 5.6% of renter households. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.3/10. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Model confidence here is 40%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017317201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017317201?
Census tract 25017317201 in the Brookside neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 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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