Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Cedarwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Waltham
Tract 25017368400 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 7,836 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
For landlords sizing up the Cedarwood area of Waltham, census tract 25017368400 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,500 a month while the average household earns $123,795 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,412
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$123,795
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
34
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waltham and the region
Centroid at 42.3657, -71.2564 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cedarwood scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Waltham
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$2,500 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waltham
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waltham
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waltham
4.9
How Cedarwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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.
- 5%Grade A
- 2%Grade B
- 7%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 54Total filings over 4 yrs
- 0.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.2%Peak (2014)
- 14Filings 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.
- 8.8%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 21.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cedarwood
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Waltham 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 18th 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 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.8% 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 25017368400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017368400?
Census tract 25017368400 in the Cedarwood neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (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 25017368400?
Median gross rent is $2,500/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017368400?
5.2% of residents in tract 25017368400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,836.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017368400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 2th, minority 52th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 25017368400 considered part of Cedarwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017368400 fall within Cedarwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017368400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 54 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 25017368400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.99% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017368400 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.8% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017368400 compare to Waltham overall?
Tract 25017368400 scores 2.3/10, lower than the parent city of Waltham at 5.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waltham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 25017368400 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. 2% 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 Waltham
Top eight tracts in Waltham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MA
Pigeon Hill
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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Central Square
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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The Bleachery
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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South Side
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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Banks Square
3.3
/ 10 · Low
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The Island
2.8
/ 10 · Low
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The Bleachery
2.5
/ 10 · Low
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Lakeview
2.3
/ 10 · Low
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