Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Woburn Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Reading
Tract 25017333601 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 1,799 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
The Woburn Street Historic District area of Reading is where census tract 25017333601 sits, home to 1,799 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.6/10. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,920 monthly, set against $128,254 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 94% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 51%
Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units959
Renter share94.5%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$128,254
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Reading and the region
Centroid at 42.5114, -71.1370 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woburn Street Historic District scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Reading
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,920 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Reading
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Reading
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Reading
5.9
How Woburn Street Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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 Woburn Street Historic District. 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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.5%Food insecurity
- 12.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woburn Street Historic District
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 Reading, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 14th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017333601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017333601?
Census tract 25017333601 in the Woburn Street Historic District neighborhood scores 1.9/10 (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 25017333601?
Median gross rent is $2,920/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017333601?
4.2% of residents in tract 25017333601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,799.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017333601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 7th, minority 53th, housing 10th.
Q5
Is tract 25017333601 considered part of Woburn Street Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017333601 fall within Woburn Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017333601 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017333601 compare to Reading overall?
Tract 25017333601 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Reading at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Reading; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Top eight tracts in Reading ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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