Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Waverley Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Belmont
Tract 25017357700 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,945 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 25017357700 sits in the Waverley Square area of Belmont, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. It is home to 3,945 residents. The dominant input is local political climate at 8.3/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,676
Renter share44.6%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$124,516
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Belmont and the region
Centroid at 42.3956, -71.1891 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waverley Square scores 5.8
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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,146 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Waverley Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 3%Grade A
- 1%Grade B
- 24%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)
- 46Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2016)
- 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 38% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.6%Food insecurity
- 8.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 3.1%No health insurance
- 13.1%Frequent mental distress
- 23.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waverley Square
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10. 37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Middlesex County average of 43.0%.
Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Court records carry 46 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
At $2,146 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Belmont commands. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.1% against 11.3% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 7.1% against 14.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 1.3% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017357700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017357700?
Census tract 25017357700 in the Waverley Square neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 25017357700?
Median gross rent is $2,146/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017357700?
7.4% of residents in tract 25017357700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,945.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017357700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 79th, minority 49th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 25017357700 considered part of Waverley Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017357700 fall within Waverley Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017357700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 46 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017357700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.17% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25017357700 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 25017357700 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25017357700 compare to Belmont overall?
Tract 25017357700 scores 5.8/10, 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 25017357700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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