Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #79,998 of 84,120 nationally
Groton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017326102 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,032 · 11% of tract blocks fall in Groton
Census tract 25017326102 covers Groton, home to 6,032 residents. For landlords it grades 5.4/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 53% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,178 a month while the average household earns $195,625 a year, roughly 7% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units2,135
Renter share9.1%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$195,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
National
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Groton and the region
Centroid at 42.6191, -71.5383 · click any tract to drill in
Why Groton scores 1.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Groton
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,178 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Groton
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Groton
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Groton
7.0
How Groton 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.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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
- 2.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2012)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 88% 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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.3%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Groton
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Groton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 36 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 2.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.2% of renter households in 2012.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% 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 25017326102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017326102?
Census tract 25017326102 in Groton scores 1.4/10 (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 25017326102?
Median gross rent is $1,178/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017326102?
4.4% of residents in tract 25017326102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,032.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017326102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 30th, minority 23th, housing 24th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017326102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 36 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017326102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.65% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017326102 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017326102 compare to Groton overall?
Tract 25017326102 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Groton at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Groton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Groton
Top eight tracts in Groton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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