Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Graniteville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017318200 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 4,992 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
25017318200 is a census tract in the Graniteville area of Middlesex County, MA. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,992 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.2/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,911
Renter share14.7%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$146,319
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
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 42.6014, -71.4743 · click any tract to drill in
Why Graniteville 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
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,815 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Graniteville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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)
- 36Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2014)
- 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% 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.
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.
- 6.9%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.9%Food insecurity
- 7.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 19.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Graniteville
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Middlesex County average of 6.3.
On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 2.6% against 11.3% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 36 filings here across 5 tracked years. Housing insecurity runs 6.9% against 14.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 3.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $146,319, annual rent is just 15%.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
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 25017318200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017318200?
Census tract 25017318200 in the Graniteville 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 25017318200?
Median gross rent is $1,815/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017318200?
4.8% of residents in tract 25017318200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,992.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017318200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 25th, minority 51th, housing 20th.
Q5
Is tract 25017318200 considered part of Graniteville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017318200 fall within Graniteville (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017318200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017318200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.11% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017318200 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.9% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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