Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Waverley Eviction Risk: Moderate , Belmont
Tract 25017357600 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 2,824 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 5.3/10, tract 25017357600 in the Waverley area of Belmont, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, roughly one in four of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,074
Renter share38.8%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$183,214
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Belmont and the region
Centroid at 42.3832, -71.1863 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waverley scores 5.3
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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,246 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 100%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)
- 20Total filings over 5 yrs
- 0.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.9%Peak (2012)
- 5Filings 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)
- 0.3Pre-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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.2%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 19.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waverley
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 2.6% against 11.3% nationally.
9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Housing insecurity runs 6.5% against 14.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $2,246, 11% below the Belmont average.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 0.9% of renter households. 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 0.8% 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 25017357600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017357600?
Census tract 25017357600 in the Waverley neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 25017357600?
Median gross rent is $2,246/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017357600?
3.8% of residents in tract 25017357600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,824.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017357600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 37th, minority 49th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 25017357600 considered part of Waverley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017357600 fall within Waverley (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017357600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017357600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.76% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25017357600 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 25017357600 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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.
Q9
How does tract 25017357600 compare to Belmont overall?
Tract 25017357600 scores 5.3/10, 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 25017357600 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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5.4
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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