Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Four Corners Eviction Risk: Lower , East Pepperell
Tract 25017373700 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,822 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 25017373700 sits in the Four Corners neighborhood of East Pepperell, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. On the national scale it ranks #75,370 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
8% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,779 a month while the average household earns $250,001 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,439
Renter share8.2%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate1.0%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
28
th percentile
Low
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Pepperell and the region
Centroid at 42.3368, -71.2040 · click any tract to drill in
Why Four Corners scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Pepperell
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
1.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,779 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Pepperell
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Pepperell
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Pepperell
3.9
How Four Corners compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 83%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 3Total filings over 2 yrs
- 0.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2012)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-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 Four Corners. 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.
- 3.9%Housing insecurity
- 2.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 3.4%Food insecurity
- 3.3%SNAP enrollment
- 3.1%Transit barriers
- 1.7%No health insurance
- 10.5%Frequent mental distress
- 18.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Four Corners
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength 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 East Pepperell, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 1.0% 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 B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017373700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017373700?
Census tract 25017373700 in the Four Corners 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 25017373700?
Median gross rent is $2,779/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017373700?
1.0% of residents in tract 25017373700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,822.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017373700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 38th, minority 32th, housing 3th.
Q5
Is tract 25017373700 considered part of Four Corners?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017373700 fall within Four Corners (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017373700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25017373700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.99% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25017373700 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 25017373700 struggle to pay rent?
About 3.9% 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. 2.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25017373700 compare to East Pepperell overall?
Tract 25017373700 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of East Pepperell at 5.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Pepperell; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 25017373700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 East Pepperell
Top eight tracts in East Pepperell ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Newton Highlands
1.9
/ 10 · Very Low
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The Island
1.5
/ 10 · Very Low
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Bemis
1.5
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · MA
Cleveland Circle
1.5
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · MA
Night Caps Corner
1.4
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · MA
Oak Square
1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
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Thompsonville
1.3
/ 10 · Very Low
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Lasell Village
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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