Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,219 of 84,120 nationally
Prattville Eviction Risk: Elevated , Everett
Tract 25017342502 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,468 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Eviction risk in the Prattville neighborhood of Everett centers on tract 25017342502, which scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 3,468 residents. On the national scale it ranks #16,463 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 64% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 44% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,889 monthly, set against $63,652 in average yearly household income, roughly 36% of income at the averages. About 72% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,087
Renter share72.4%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate19.6%
Median income$63,652
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Everett and the region
Centroid at 42.4112, -71.0483 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prattville scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
19.6% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,889 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Everett
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Everett
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Everett
7.4
How Prattville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 74%Grade C
- 26%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.
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 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.
- 24.3%Housing insecurity
- 15.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 28.7%Food insecurity
- 34.3%SNAP enrollment
- 16.6%Transit barriers
- 11.6%No health insurance
- 20.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Prattville
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 24.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 15.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017342502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017342502?
Census tract 25017342502 in the Prattville neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated 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 25017342502?
Median gross rent is $1,889/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017342502?
19.6% of residents in tract 25017342502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,468.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017342502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 40th, minority 58th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 25017342502 considered part of Prattville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017342502 fall within Prattville (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017342502 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.3% 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. 15.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017342502 compare to Everett overall?
Tract 25017342502 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Everett at 6.8/10. 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.
Q8
Was tract 25017342502 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 26% 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.
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