Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #38,706 of 84,120 nationally
Woburn Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Reading
Tract 25017334100 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,854 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 4.2/10 for census tract 25017334100 reflects conditions in the Woburn Street Historic District area of Reading, Massachusetts. On the national scale it ranks #70,748 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 19% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,967 a month while the average household earns $177,770 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,547
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$177,770
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Reading and the region
Centroid at 42.5121, -71.1186 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woburn Street Historic District scores 4.9
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
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,967 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Reading
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Reading
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Reading
3.1
How Woburn Street Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Historic baseline (2000-2018)
- 28Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2016)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 500% 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
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.
- 5.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.4%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 2.3%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 21.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woburn Street Historic District
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 28 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 1.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.8% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017334100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017334100?
Census tract 25017334100 in the Woburn Street Historic District neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (Moderate 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 25017334100?
Median gross rent is $2,967/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017334100?
1.5% of residents in tract 25017334100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,854.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017334100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 30th, minority 23th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 25017334100 considered part of Woburn Street Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017334100 fall within Woburn Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017334100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017334100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.18% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017334100 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.7% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017334100 compare to Reading overall?
Tract 25017334100 scores 4.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Reading at 5/10. 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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