Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
Kimball Towers and Court Eviction Risk: Elevated , Woburn
Tract 25017332201 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 2,211 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
With a score of 6.1/10, tract 25017332201 in the Kimball Towers and Court area of Burlington, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,211. Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 64% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units937
Renter share33.2%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$101,408
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woburn and the region
Centroid at 42.4902, -71.1811 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kimball Towers and Court scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Woburn
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,453 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Woburn
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Woburn
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Woburn
4.7
How Kimball Towers and Court compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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
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
Within Kimball Towers and Court. 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.
- 8.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.5%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 3.4%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 24.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kimball Towers and Court
At $1,453 a month, rents run 47% under what the rest of Burlington commands. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10.
Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.4% against 11.3% nationally.
That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $101,408, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Middlesex County average of 6.3 closely.
33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017332201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017332201?
Census tract 25017332201 in the Kimball Towers and Court neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 25017332201?
Median gross rent is $1,453/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017332201?
6.5% of residents in tract 25017332201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,211.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017332201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 24th, minority 37th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 25017332201 considered part of Kimball Towers and Court?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017332201 fall within Kimball Towers and Court (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017332201 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.4% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017332201 compare to Woburn overall?
Tract 25017332201 scores 6.1/10, lower than the parent city of Woburn at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woburn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Woburn
Top eight tracts in Woburn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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