Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Woburn Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Reading
Tract 25017334200 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 4,145 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 25017334200 in Woburn Street Historic District in Reading ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,145 residents. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,453 a month against an average household income of $145,000 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,704
Renter share29.3%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$145,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Reading and the region
Centroid at 42.5264, -71.1180 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woburn Street Historic District scores 1.1
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
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,453 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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)
- 29Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2012)
- 7Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 3.1%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woburn Street Historic District
The heaviest input here 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 7.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 21st 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 25017334200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017334200?
Census tract 25017334200 in the Woburn Street Historic District neighborhood scores 1.1/10 (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 25017334200?
Median gross rent is $1,453/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017334200?
2.4% of residents in tract 25017334200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,145.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017334200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 61th, minority 10th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 25017334200 considered part of Woburn Street Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017334200 fall within Woburn Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017334200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017334200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.43% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017334200 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017334200 compare to Reading overall?
Tract 25017334200 scores 1.1/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Reading
Top eight tracts in Reading ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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