Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Yale Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wakefield
Tract 25017335100 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,748 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
25017335100 is a census tract in the Yale Avenue Historic District area of Wakefield, MA. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,748 residents. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,645
Renter share33.0%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$117,886
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wakefield and the region
Centroid at 42.5156, -71.0744 · click any tract to drill in
Why Yale Avenue Historic District scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wakefield
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,764 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wakefield
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wakefield
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wakefield
4.1
How Yale Avenue Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 95Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2014)
- 17Filings 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 Yale Avenue 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.
- 8.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.2%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 3.3%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Yale Avenue Historic District
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.2/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10.
Food insecurity runs 8.2% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 95 evictions over 5 years of observation.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.3% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 0.7 points below the Middlesex County average of 6.3. Average gross rent is $1,764, 10% below the Wakefield average.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 3.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
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 25017335100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017335100?
Census tract 25017335100 in the Yale Avenue Historic District neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 25017335100?
Median gross rent is $1,764/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017335100?
5.5% of residents in tract 25017335100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,748.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017335100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 24th, minority 7th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 25017335100 considered part of Yale Avenue Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017335100 fall within Yale Avenue Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017335100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 95 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017335100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.68% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017335100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.0% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017335100 compare to Wakefield overall?
Tract 25017335100 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Wakefield at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wakefield eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wakefield
Top eight tracts in Wakefield ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Wakefield
5.9 / 10
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Middlesex County
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Massachusetts
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Yale Avenue Historic District
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