Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Littleton Common Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017324101 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,761 · 64% of tract blocks fall in Littleton Common
Littleton Common anchors census tract 25017324101, which lands at 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 32nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,990 monthly, set against $134,244 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,082
Renter share14.4%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$134,244
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Littleton Common and the region
Centroid at 42.5233, -71.4712 · click any tract to drill in
Why Littleton Common scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Littleton Common
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,990 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Littleton Common
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Littleton Common
3.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Littleton Common
3.2
How Littleton Common compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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)
- 35Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2016)
- 12Filings 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
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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 8.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 2.9%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Littleton Common
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.2/10. 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 Littleton Common, 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 13th 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 7.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% 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 25017324101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017324101?
Census tract 25017324101 in Littleton Common scores 1.1/10 (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 25017324101?
Median gross rent is $1,990/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017324101?
4.0% of residents in tract 25017324101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,761.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017324101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 19th, minority 24th, housing 18th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017324101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 35 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017324101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.78% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017324101 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017324101 compare to Littleton Common overall?
Tract 25017324101 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Littleton Common at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Littleton Common; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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