Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally

Prattville Eviction Risk: Lower , Everett

Tract 25017341901 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 1,161 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi

Eviction risk in Prattville in Everett centers on tract 25017341901, which scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 1,161 residents. On the national scale it ranks #32,867 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 56% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,912 a month against an average household income of $100,966 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

3.6

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 13% Owners 71%

Tract context

Occupied units423

Renter share28.4%

SVI overall0.21

Poverty rate2.8%

Median income$100,966

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Everett and the region

Centroid at 42.4279, -71.0340 · click any tract to drill in

Why Prattville scores 3.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Everett

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.3

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

2.8% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$1,912 rent vs county FMR

1.7

Rent control risk

Inherited from Everett

6.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Everett

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Everett

6.4

How Prattville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

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

26%Socioeconomic
31%Household composition
57%Racial/ethnic minority
15%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%Grade C
100%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

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)

24Total filings over 5 yrs
2.29%Avg annual filing rate
3.3%Peak (2012)
1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings dropped 86% 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 Prattville. 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.

15.6%Housing insecurity
9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
17.8%Food insecurity
20.6%SNAP enrollment
10.6%Transit barriers
6.2%No health insurance
17.8%Frequent mental distress
30.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Prattville

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Everett eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 24 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 2012.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25017341901

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017341901?

Census tract 25017341901 in the Prattville neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25017341901?

Median gross rent is $1,912/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017341901?

2.8% of residents in tract 25017341901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,161.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017341901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 31th, minority 57th, housing 15th.

Is tract 25017341901 considered part of Prattville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017341901 fall within Prattville (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017341901?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017341901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.29% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25017341901 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.6% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017341901 compare to Everett overall?

Tract 25017341901 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Everett at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Everett eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25017341901 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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 Everett

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org