Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,413 of 84,120 nationally
East Arlington Eviction Risk: High
Tract 25017354901 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 2,991 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 25017354901 sits in the East Arlington eviction risk area of Cambridge eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.5/10. It is home to 2,991 residents. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
8.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 70%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,686
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$156,964
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
34
th percentile
Low
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Arlington and the region
Centroid at 42.3964, -71.1490 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Arlington scores 8.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Arlington
9.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$3,109 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Arlington
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Arlington
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Arlington
8.0
How East Arlington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%Housing & transportation
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-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 East Arlington. 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.1%Food insecurity
- 6.6%SNAP enrollment
- 5.5%Transit barriers
- 2.8%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 14.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Arlington
Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 30% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10.
Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points. Disability prevalence runs 14.8% against 31.5% nationally. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. Food insecurity runs 7.1% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $3,109, 12% above the Cambridge average.
Nationally it ranks #5,413 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $156,964.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017354901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017354901?
Census tract 25017354901 in the East Arlington neighborhood scores 8.5/10 (High 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 25017354901?
Median gross rent is $3,109/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017354901?
7.9% of residents in tract 25017354901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,991.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017354901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 1th, minority 73th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 25017354901 considered part of East Arlington?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017354901 fall within East Arlington (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 25017354901 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.00× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017354901 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 4.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017354901 compare to Arlington overall?
Tract 25017354901 scores 8.5/10, higher than the parent city of Arlington at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Arlington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Arlington
Top eight tracts in Arlington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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Huron Village
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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