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Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Nobility Hill Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Stoneham

Tract 25017337300 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,061 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Census tract 25017337300 covers part of the Nobility Hill Historic District area of Stoneham, MA, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,061. Cost burden runs 26% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 31% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units2,681
Renter share41.0%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$105,645

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Nobility Hill Historic District
Moderate
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Stoneham
High
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#186 of 357 tracts In Middlesex County
Moderate
Within state
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#858 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Stoneham and the region

Centroid at 42.4608, -71.1022 · click any tract to drill in

Why Nobility Hill Historic District scores 5.8

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
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,070 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Nobility Hill Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Nobility Hill Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.8This tracttract 3373005.9Stonehamparent 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)

  • 71Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 1.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.6%Peak (2014)
  • 9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25017337300
Filings dropped 47% 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 Nobility Hill 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 Nobility Hill Historic District

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.2/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally.

The filing record is not thin: 71 evictions over 5 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2014 at 1.6% of renter households.

In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25017337300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017337300?

Census tract 25017337300 in the Nobility Hill Historic District neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 25017337300?

Median gross rent is $2,070/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017337300?

4.8% of residents in tract 25017337300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,061.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017337300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 9th, minority 37th, housing 42th.
Q5

Is tract 25017337300 considered part of Nobility Hill Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017337300 fall within Nobility Hill Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017337300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017337300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.28% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25017337300 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.7% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25017337300 compare to Stoneham overall?

Tract 25017337300 scores 5.8/10, right in line with 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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