Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Prattville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Everett
Tract 25017342600 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,288 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 5.9/10, tract 25017342600 in Prattville in Everett ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 5,288 residents. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,012 a month while the average household earns $83,448 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 70% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,760
Renter share69.7%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$83,448
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Everett and the region
Centroid at 42.4050, -71.0433 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prattville scores 4.6
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
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,012 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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
- 57%Grade C
- 40%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)
- 178Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2013)
- 36Filings 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 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.
- 22.4%Housing insecurity
- 12.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.2%Food insecurity
- 27.6%SNAP enrollment
- 14.6%Transit barriers
- 11.2%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%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.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 68th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 178 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 3.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.7% of renter households in 2013.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017342600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017342600?
Census tract 25017342600 in the Prattville neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 25017342600?
Median gross rent is $2,012/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017342600?
12.0% of residents in tract 25017342600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,288.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017342600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 69th, minority 72th, housing 59th.
Q5
Is tract 25017342600 considered part of Prattville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017342600 fall within Prattville (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017342600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 178 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017342600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.35% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017342600 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.4% 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. 12.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017342600 compare to Everett overall?
Tract 25017342600 scores 4.6/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 25017342600 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. 40% 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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