Within county
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25017320102 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017320102 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,513
Census tract 25017320102 covers part of Middlesex County, MA, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,513 residents. Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,943
Renter share5.2%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$244,946
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middlesex County and the region
Centroid at 42.2204, -71.5721 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25017320102 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
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
7.3
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 Tract 25017320102 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%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)
- 12Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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
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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.7%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 2.2%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 19.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25017320102
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. The voucher gap is 23.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Food insecurity runs 5.7% against 17.8% nationally. 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.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.3/10. Court records carry 12 eviction filings across 5 observed years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 3.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 5% 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017320102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017320102?
Census tract 25017320102 in Middlesex County 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 average rent in tract 25017320102?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017320102?
3.7% of residents in tract 25017320102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,513.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017320102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 11th, minority 32th, housing 4th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017320102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017320102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.98% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017320102 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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