Neighborhood · Ranked #44,286 of 84,120 nationally

Wedgemere Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Winchester

Tract 25017338400 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,328 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

For landlords sizing up the Wedgemere Historic District neighborhood of Winchester, census tract 25017338400 carries a lower eviction-risk score of 3.6/10. On the national scale it ranks #78,760 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 9% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,815 monthly, set against $250,001 in average yearly household income, roughly 9% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 6% Owners 93%

Tract context

Occupied units2,161

Renter share7.1%

SVI overall0.03

Poverty rate1.3%

Median income$250,001

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Winchester and the region

Centroid at 42.4456, -71.1653 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wedgemere Historic District scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Winchester

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.3

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

1.3% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,815 rent vs county FMR

1.4

Rent control risk

Inherited from Winchester

3.4

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Winchester

4.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Winchester

3.1

How Wedgemere Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

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

2%Socioeconomic
50%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
2%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

20%Grade A
9%Grade B
0%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

3Total filings over 2 yrs
2.24%Avg annual filing rate
3.0%Peak (2013)
2Filings in 2013 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings dropped 100% 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 Wedgemere 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.

4.7%Housing insecurity
3.0%Utility-shutoff threat
4.6%Food insecurity
4.5%SNAP enrollment
3.7%Transit barriers
2.0%No health insurance
11.4%Frequent mental distress
19.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wedgemere Historic District

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 5.5/10. 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 Winchester, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 2.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.0% of renter households in 2013.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017338400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017338400?

Census tract 25017338400 in the Wedgemere Historic District neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 25017338400?

Median gross rent is $1,815/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 9% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017338400?

1.3% of residents in tract 25017338400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,328.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017338400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 50th, minority 48th, housing 2th.

Is tract 25017338400 considered part of Wedgemere Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017338400 fall within Wedgemere Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017338400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25017338400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.24% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25017338400 struggle to pay rent?

About 4.7% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017338400 compare to Winchester overall?

Tract 25017338400 scores 4.5/10, lower than the parent city of Winchester at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Winchester; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25017338400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Winchester

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