Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Arlington Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017356500 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 7,292 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 25017356500 covers Arlington Heights in Arlington, home to 7,292 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #51,516 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,410 a month against an average household income of $134,943 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,986
Renter share27.9%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate5.1%
Median income$134,943
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Arlington and the region
Centroid at 42.4243, -71.1854 · click any tract to drill in
Why Arlington Heights scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Arlington
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
5.1% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,410 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Arlington
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Arlington
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Arlington
3.6
How Arlington Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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
- 24%Grade B
- 69%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
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)
- 31Total filings over 5 yrs
- 0.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2012)
- 5Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 55% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-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 Arlington Heights. 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.
- 6.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.8%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 2.9%No health insurance
- 13.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Arlington Heights
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Arlington eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 31 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 0.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.3% of renter households in 2012.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017356500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017356500?
Census tract 25017356500 in the Arlington Heights neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25017356500?
Median gross rent is $1,410/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017356500?
5.1% of residents in tract 25017356500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,292.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017356500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 57th, minority 41th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 25017356500 considered part of Arlington Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017356500 fall within Arlington Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017356500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017356500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.73% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25017356500 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 25017356500 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.8% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25017356500 compare to Arlington overall?
Tract 25017356500 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Arlington at 5.7/10. 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.
Q10
Was tract 25017356500 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. 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.
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1.4
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.4
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.1
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.1
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