Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Countryside Eviction Risk: Lower , Lexington
Tract 25017358500 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,918 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 25017358500 runs through Countryside in Lexington. With 5,918 residents, it scores 5.3/10 for landlords. It lands near the 50th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
65% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,892 monthly, set against $239,375 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,953
Renter share14.8%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$239,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lexington and the region
Centroid at 42.4454, -71.2022 · click any tract to drill in
Why Countryside scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lexington
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,892 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lexington
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lexington
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lexington
4.6
How Countryside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%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
- 6%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)
- 4Total filings over 2 yrs
- 0.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.2%Peak (2016)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
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.
- 4.9%Housing insecurity
- 2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.4%Food insecurity
- 4.8%SNAP enrollment
- 3.9%Transit barriers
- 2.1%No health insurance
- 10.4%Frequent mental distress
- 19.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Countryside
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.3/10. 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 Lexington 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 riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 4 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 0.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.2% of renter households in 2016.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017358500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017358500?
Census tract 25017358500 in the Countryside neighborhood scores 1.1/10 (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 25017358500?
Median gross rent is $2,892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017358500?
3.6% of residents in tract 25017358500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,918.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017358500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 27th, minority 58th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 25017358500 considered part of Countryside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017358500 fall within Countryside (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017358500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25017358500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.89% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017358500 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.9% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017358500 compare to Lexington overall?
Tract 25017358500 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Lexington at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lexington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 25017358500 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lexington
Top eight tracts in Lexington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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