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Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Yale Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wakefield

Tract 25017335302 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,100 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 25017335302 sits in the Yale Avenue Historic District area of Wakefield eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. Population here is 5,100. Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 12% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,942
Renter share23.7%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$157,222

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Yale Avenue Historic District
Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Wakefield
Moderate
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#229 of 357 tracts In Middlesex County
Low
Within state
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#991 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wakefield and the region

Centroid at 42.5132, -71.0493 · click any tract to drill in

Why Yale Avenue Historic District scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$2,019 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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.
Yale Avenue Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 3353025.9Wakefieldparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 65Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 2.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.2%Peak (2014)
  • 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25017335302
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
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 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Yale Avenue Historic District

The dominant input is local political climate at 8.3/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.7/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.1/10.

Food insecurity runs 7.5% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 65 filings here across 5 tracked years.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.0% against 11.3% nationally. 48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Middlesex County average of 43.0%.

Filings peaked in 2014 at 5.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017335302

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017335302?

Census tract 25017335302 in the Yale Avenue Historic District neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 25017335302?

Median gross rent is $2,019/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017335302?

6.7% of residents in tract 25017335302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,100.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017335302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 30th, minority 13th, housing 22th.
Q5

Is tract 25017335302 considered part of Yale Avenue Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017335302 fall within Yale Avenue Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017335302?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 65 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017335302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.52% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25017335302 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.6% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25017335302 compare to Wakefield overall?

Tract 25017335302 scores 5.3/10, 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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