Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Pierce Farm Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Belmont
Tract 25017357800 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,791 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 25017357800 in the Pierce Farm Historic District area of Belmont, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,791. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,298
Renter share20.1%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate2.7%
Median income$227,100
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Belmont and the region
Centroid at 42.4031, -71.1880 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pierce Farm Historic District scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Belmont
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
2.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,068 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Belmont
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Belmont
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Belmont
3.4
How Pierce Farm Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 40%Grade A
- 9%Grade B
- 10%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)
- 26Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2014)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-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.
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.
- 5.9%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 6.0%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 2.5%No health insurance
- 12.3%Frequent mental distress
- 20.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pierce Farm Historic District
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 43.0% across Middlesex County.
Food insecurity runs 5.9% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.3/10.
Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. At $2,068 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Belmont commands.
The filing record is not thin: 26 evictions over 5 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 5.9% against 14.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 5.0% of renter households. This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Belmont. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017357800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017357800?
Census tract 25017357800 in the Pierce Farm Historic District 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 25017357800?
Median gross rent is $2,068/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017357800?
2.7% of residents in tract 25017357800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,791.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017357800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 64th, minority 39th, housing 10th.
Q5
Is tract 25017357800 considered part of Pierce Farm Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017357800 fall within Pierce Farm Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017357800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017357800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.13% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25017357800 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 25017357800 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.9% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25017357800 compare to Belmont overall?
Tract 25017357800 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Belmont at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Belmont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 25017357800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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