Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Bemis Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017370104 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 4,330 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 25017370104 covers part of the Bemis area of Middlesex County, MA, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,330. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,803
Renter share55.0%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$126,050
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middlesex County and the region
Centroid at 42.3689, -71.2049 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bemis scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$2,724 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Bemis compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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
- 99%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
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 Bemis. 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 20.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bemis
Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 31% of renters here are cost-burdened. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
It sits 1.1 points below the Middlesex County average of 6.3. Food insecurity runs 7.8% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, regional political climate reads 7.3/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.6% against 11.3% nationally. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Watertown. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017370104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017370104?
Census tract 25017370104 in the Bemis neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 25017370104?
Median gross rent is $2,724/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017370104?
4.4% of residents in tract 25017370104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,330.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017370104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 18th, minority 47th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 25017370104 considered part of Bemis?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017370104 fall within Bemis (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017370104 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
Was tract 25017370104 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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