Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Central Square Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Stoneham
Tract 25017337201 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,194 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
How risky is the Central Square Historic District area of Stoneham for landlords? Census tract 25017337201 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 50% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 60% of renter households, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,727 monthly, set against $94,276 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,433
Renter share37.2%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$94,276
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Stoneham and the region
Centroid at 42.4948, -71.0944 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central Square Historic District scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,727 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 73Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2014)
- 18Filings 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 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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 11.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.6%Transit barriers
- 3.8%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Central Square Historic District
What moves this score most 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 about the same as the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 73 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 2.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.3% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017337201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017337201?
Census tract 25017337201 in the Central Square Historic District neighborhood scores 2.2/10 (Lower 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 25017337201?
Median gross rent is $1,727/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017337201?
9.1% of residents in tract 25017337201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,194.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017337201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 61th, minority 26th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 25017337201 considered part of Central Square Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017337201 fall within Central Square Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017337201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017337201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.27% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017337201 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017337201 compare to Stoneham overall?
Tract 25017337201 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Stoneham at 5.8/10. 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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Stoneham
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Middlesex County
Parent state ↑
Massachusetts
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Central Square Historic District
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