Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
City Hall Historic District Eviction Risk: High , Lowell
Tract 25017388300 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,085 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 25017388300 sits in the City Hall Historic District area of Lowell eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. Population here is 6,085. At $586 a month, rents run 64% under what the rest of Lowell commands.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 10%
Tract context
Occupied units1,951
Renter share89.9%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate31.6%
Median income$23,688
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lowell and the region
Centroid at 42.6499, -71.3185 · click any tract to drill in
Why City Hall Historic District scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lowell
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
31.6% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$586 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lowell
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lowell
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lowell
6.5
How City Hall Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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)
- 574Total filings over 5 yrs
- 6.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2014)
- 109Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
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 City Hall Historic District. 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.
- 23.2%Housing insecurity
- 15.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 33.4%Food insecurity
- 39.8%SNAP enrollment
- 21.9%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 26.0%Frequent mental distress
- 40.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in City Hall Historic District
SNAP participation runs 39.8% against 15.2% nationally. This is renter territory: 90% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
It sits 1.7 points above the Middlesex County average of 6.3. Running hot, economic stress reads 7.9/10.
Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 51% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
Housing insecurity runs 23.2% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 574 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 7.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017388300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017388300?
Census tract 25017388300 in the City Hall Historic District neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 25017388300?
Median gross rent is $586/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017388300?
31.6% of residents in tract 25017388300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,085.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017388300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 69th, minority 71th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 25017388300 considered part of City Hall Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017388300 fall within City Hall Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017388300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 574 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017388300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.75% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017388300 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.2% 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. 15.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017388300 compare to Lowell overall?
Tract 25017388300 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Lowell at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lowell eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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