Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
North Lexington Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25017358700 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,949 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
The North Lexington area of Lexington is where census tract 25017358700 sits, home to 5,949 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.1/10. On the national scale it ranks #72,488 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 12% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,414 a month against an average household income of $250,001 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,966
Renter share10.8%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lexington and the region
Centroid at 42.4720, -71.2277 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Lexington 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
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,414 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 North Lexington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 17%Grade A
- 1%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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.5%Peak (2015)
- 1Filings in 2015 (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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within North Lexington. 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.
- 4.8%Housing insecurity
- 2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.9%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 3.7%Transit barriers
- 2.0%No health insurance
- 10.6%Frequent mental distress
- 18.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Lexington
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 below 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.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 17th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.8% 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 25017358700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017358700?
Census tract 25017358700 in the North Lexington 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 25017358700?
Median gross rent is $2,414/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017358700?
1.5% of residents in tract 25017358700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,949.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017358700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 66th, minority 62th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 25017358700 considered part of North Lexington?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017358700 fall within North Lexington (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017358700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25017358700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.48% of renter households, peaking at 0.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017358700 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.8% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017358700 compare to Lexington overall?
Tract 25017358700 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 25017358700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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