Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
West Chelmsford Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017317301 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,239 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Tract 25017317301 sits in the West Chelmsford area of Middlesex County, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. It is home to 3,239 residents. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,100
Renter share19.0%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$142,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middlesex County and the region
Centroid at 42.6292, -71.3761 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Chelmsford scores 5.1
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
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,940 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 West Chelmsford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 29Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.0%Peak (2014)
- 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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 West Chelmsford. 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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.6%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Chelmsford
59% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Middlesex County average of 43.0%. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.2/10.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Middlesex County average of 6.3.
On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Food insecurity runs 8.6% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2014, when 2.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
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 25017317301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017317301?
Census tract 25017317301 in the West Chelmsford neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 average rent in tract 25017317301?
Median gross rent is $1,940/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017317301?
4.6% of residents in tract 25017317301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,239.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017317301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 85th, minority 47th, housing 61th.
Q5
Is tract 25017317301 considered part of West Chelmsford?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017317301 fall within West Chelmsford (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017317301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017317301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.70% of renter households, peaking at 2.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017317301 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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