Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
East Natick Eviction Risk: Lower , Cochituate
Tract 25017382100 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,174 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 25017382100 belongs to East Natick in Cochituate, Massachusetts. It is home to 5,174 residents and scores 3.5/10, a lower reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 5% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 8% of renter households, a modest level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,865 monthly, set against $151,071 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,718
Renter share5.6%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$151,071
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cochituate and the region
Centroid at 42.3117, -71.3412 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Natick scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cochituate
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
$1,865 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cochituate
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cochituate
3.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cochituate
2.7
How East Natick compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%Housing & transportation
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)
- 6Total filings over 3 yrs
- 1.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings 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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Natick. 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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.3%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Natick
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.2/10. 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 Cochituate, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well 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 6 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2013.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th 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.
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 25017382100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017382100?
Census tract 25017382100 in the East Natick 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 25017382100?
Median gross rent is $1,865/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017382100?
3.6% of residents in tract 25017382100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,174.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017382100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 45th, minority 33th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 25017382100 considered part of East Natick?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017382100 fall within East Natick (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017382100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 25017382100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.81% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017382100 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017382100 compare to Cochituate overall?
Tract 25017382100 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Cochituate at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cochituate; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cochituate
Top eight tracts in Cochituate ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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