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Central Square Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Stoneham

Tract 25017337102 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,668 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 25017337102, home to 5,668 residents in Central Square Historic District in Stoneham, scores 4.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 26th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,282 monthly, set against $143,365 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 8% Owners 89%

Tract context

Occupied units2,059

Renter share11.4%

SVI overall0.10

Poverty rate4.6%

Median income$143,365

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Stoneham and the region

Centroid at 42.4668, -71.0883 · click any tract to drill in

Why Central Square Historic District scores 4.6

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

4.6% poverty · this tract

1.1

Supply constraint

$2,282 rent vs county FMR

3.0

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.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

10%Socioeconomic
16%Household composition
23%Racial/ethnic minority
24%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)

20Total filings over 5 yrs
1.16%Avg annual filing rate
2.7%Peak (2012)
2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings dropped 78% 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

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.

7.0%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
7.1%Food insecurity
8.0%SNAP enrollment
5.2%Transit barriers
3.0%No health insurance
14.0%Frequent mental distress
24.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Central Square Historic District

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.3/10. 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 Stoneham, 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 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 1.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.7% of renter households in 2012.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25017337102

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017337102?

Census tract 25017337102 in the Central Square Historic District neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25017337102?

Median gross rent is $2,282/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017337102?

4.6% of residents in tract 25017337102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,668.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017337102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 16th, minority 23th, housing 24th.

Is tract 25017337102 considered part of Central Square Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017337102 fall within Central Square Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017337102?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017337102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.16% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25017337102 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.0% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017337102 compare to Stoneham overall?

Tract 25017337102 scores 4.6/10, lower than the parent city of Stoneham at 5.3/10. 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.