Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Linden Street Eviction Risk: Lower , Wellesley
Tract 25021404201 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 3,783 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 25021404201 sits in the Linden Street area of Wellesley eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. Severe burden reaches 40%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,235
Renter share7.7%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate1.8%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
5
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wellesley and the region
Centroid at 42.3190, -71.2832 · click any tract to drill in
Why Linden Street scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wellesley
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
1.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
7.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wellesley
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wellesley
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wellesley
3.1
How Linden Street 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.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
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 Linden Street. 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.
- 4.3%Housing insecurity
- 2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.3%Food insecurity
- 4.4%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 2.0%No health insurance
- 11.5%Frequent mental distress
- 19.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Linden Street
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.8 points. The voucher gap is 23.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Disability prevalence runs 19.4% against 31.5% nationally. Average gross rent is $3,501, 21% above the Wellesley average. Cost burden runs 55% here against 48.1% across Norfolk County.
Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 7.3/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.1/10.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 2.9% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 2.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021404201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021404201?
Census tract 25021404201 in the Linden Street neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 25021404201?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021404201?
1.8% of residents in tract 25021404201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,783.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021404201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 46th, minority 28th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 25021404201 considered part of Linden Street?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021404201 fall within Linden Street (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021404201 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.3% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021404201 compare to Wellesley overall?
Tract 25021404201 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Wellesley at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wellesley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wellesley
Top eight tracts in Wellesley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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