1 census tracts · pop 3,211 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.3/10
· range 8.3–8.3
Coolidge Hill maps to a single census tract in Cambridge, MA, population 3,211. The Eviction Risk Score is 8.3/10, in the High tier. Against a Cambridge baseline of 27.9%, 39% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
24% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 8.5/10. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
Average gross rent is $3,375, 21% above the Cambridge average of $2,787. The voucher gap is 19.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 4.7% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 4.4% of adults, 13.4 points below the national rate. Court records for this tract carry 8 eviction filings. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 1.2% of renter households.
Among the 13 mapped neighborhoods of Cambridge, it ranks #10 by risk, the lower third. Judgments average 0.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
One tract means one number: 8.3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
8.3
High
1 tracts · population-weighted
Coolidge Hill vs CambridgeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority50%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport36%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Coolidge Hill
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
8Total filings (sum)
0.56%Avg annual filing rate
1.2%Peak year (2016)
1.15%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Coolidge Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
4.7%Housing insecurity
3.0%Utility shutoff threat
4.4%Food insecurity
4.8%SNAP enrollment
2.1%No health insurance
22.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Coolidge Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Coolidge Hill?
Coolidge Hill scores 8.3/10 (High tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Coolidge Hill compare to Cambridge overall?
Coolidge Hill scores 0.6 points lower than Cambridge overall (8.9/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $3,375 vs $2,787.
Q3
What is the average rent in Coolidge Hill?
Average gross rent in Coolidge Hill is $3,375/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Coolidge Hill residents are renters?
18% of Coolidge Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 67% in Cambridge). The neighborhood has 3,211 residents.
Q5
Is Coolidge Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Coolidge Hill sits in the 18th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Coolidge Hill for landlords?
Coolidge Hill carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Cambridge as a whole (8.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Coolidge Hill?
Coolidge Hill has 3,336 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (68.7%), Hispanic / Latino (10.7%), Other / Multiracial (9.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
