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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Central Square Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Stoneham

Tract 25017337101 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 2,903 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 25017337101 sits in the Central Square Historic District area of Stoneham, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It is home to 2,903 residents. Average gross rent is $604, 70% below the Stoneham average.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 15% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,201
Renter share24.1%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$115,592

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Central Square Historic District
Elevated
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Stoneham
Moderate
Within county
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#221 of 357 tracts In Middlesex County
Low
Within state
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#971 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Stoneham and the region

Centroid at 42.4871, -71.0810 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Square Historic District scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Stoneham
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$604 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Stoneham
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Stoneham
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Stoneham
4.2

How Central Square Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Central Square Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 3371015.9Stonehamparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 20

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)

  • 26Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 1.40%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.7%Peak (2013)
  • 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25017337101
Filings dropped 83% 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 Central Square 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 Central Square Historic District

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Food insecurity runs 7.4% against 17.8% nationally.

Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 26 filings here across 5 tracked years.

Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.1% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2013 at 2.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 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 2.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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 25017337101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017337101?

Census tract 25017337101 in the Central Square Historic District neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 25017337101?

Median gross rent is $604/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017337101?

3.1% of residents in tract 25017337101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,903.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017337101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 31th, minority 41th, housing 33th.
Q5

Is tract 25017337101 considered part of Central Square Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017337101 fall within Central Square Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017337101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017337101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.40% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25017337101 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 25017337101 compare to Stoneham overall?

Tract 25017337101 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Stoneham at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Stoneham; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Stoneham

Top eight tracts in Stoneham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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