Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Hudson Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017322400 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 4,670 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Hudson
Census tract 25017322400 covers Hudson in Middlesex County, home to 4,670 residents. For landlords it grades 4.1/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 14th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 21% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,456 a month while the average household earns $127,976 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,920
Renter share27.3%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$127,976
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hudson and the region
Centroid at 42.3993, -71.5558 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hudson scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hudson
7.5
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
$1,456 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hudson
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hudson
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hudson
3.6
How Hudson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 109Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2015)
- 23Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 77% 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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hudson
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. 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 inherited from Hudson, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.5% 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 25017322400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017322400?
Census tract 25017322400 in Hudson scores 1.2/10 (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 average rent in tract 25017322400?
Median gross rent is $1,456/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017322400?
3.7% of residents in tract 25017322400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,670.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017322400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 44th, minority 19th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017322400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 109 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017322400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.02% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017322400 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017322400 compare to Hudson overall?
Tract 25017322400 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Hudson at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hudson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hudson
Top eight tracts in Hudson ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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