Census Tract · Ranked #38,706 of 84,120 nationally

Reading Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25017334300 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 7,752

In Reading, census tract 25017334300 scores 4.3/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #68,974 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 30% of renter households, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $855 monthly, set against $163,993 in average yearly household income, roughly 6% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.9

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 6% Owners 91%

Tract context

Occupied units2,743

Renter share9.0%

SVI overall0.08

Poverty rate3.3%

Median income$163,993

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Reading and the region

Centroid at 42.5482, -71.1108 · click any tract to drill in

Why Reading scores 4.9

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

3.3% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$855 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 Reading 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.

5%Socioeconomic
17%Household composition
17%Racial/ethnic minority
28%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)

15Total filings over 5 yrs
1.45%Avg annual filing rate
1.9%Peak (2015)
4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings climbed 300% 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

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

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

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.

6.1%Housing insecurity
3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
5.9%Food insecurity
6.6%SNAP enrollment
4.6%Transit barriers
2.5%No health insurance
13.4%Frequent mental distress
22.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Reading

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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 15 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 1.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.9% of renter households in 2015.

In CDC survey modeling, about 6.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017334300

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017334300?

Census tract 25017334300 in Reading 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.

What is the average rent in tract 25017334300?

Median gross rent is $855/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017334300?

3.3% of residents in tract 25017334300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,752.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017334300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 17th, minority 17th, housing 28th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017334300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017334300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.45% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25017334300 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.1% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017334300 compare to Reading overall?

Tract 25017334300 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.