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Woburn Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Reading

Tract 25017333601 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 1,799 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 25017333601 in the Woburn Street Historic District area of Woburn, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,799. 94% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Risk score
6
Elevated
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 neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Woburn Street Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 8 tracts In Reading
Very Low
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#176 of 357 tracts In Middlesex County
Moderate
Within state
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#811 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Moderate
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 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Woburn Street Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 3336014.4Readingparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Woburn Street Historic District

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.1/10. At $2,920 a month, rents run 31% over what the rest of Woburn commands. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10.

That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

46% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Middlesex County average of 6.3 closely.

Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $128,254.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

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 6/10 (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 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 6/10, higher than the parent city of Reading at 4.4/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Reading

Top eight tracts in Reading ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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