4 census tracts · pop 11,493 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.3/10
· range 7.4–9.9
Inman Square takes in 4 census tracts of Cambridge, MA, population 11,493. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 8.3/10, High tier. The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 7.4 to 9.9, a 2.5-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
What pushes the score up most is eviction-process difficulty at 8.3/10. 37% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, higher than the Cambridge rate of 27.9%.
This is a renter market: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 8.1/10. Court records carry 251 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts.
3.9% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 4.5% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 9.2% of adults, 8.6 points below the national rate. That places it #10 of 13 neighborhoods in Cambridge.
Judgments average 0.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Coolidge Hill and Larchwood.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.5 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
8.3
High
4 tracts · population-weighted
Inman Square vs CambridgeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority51%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport60%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Inman Square
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
251Total filings (sum)
1.37%Avg annual filing rate
4.5%Peak year (2016)
1.45%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Inman Square
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.8%Housing insecurity
5.2%Utility shutoff threat
8.6%Food insecurity
9.3%SNAP enrollment
3.7%No health insurance
20.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Inman Square
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Inman Square?
Inman Square scores 8.3/10 (High tier) across 4 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 Inman Square compare to Cambridge overall?
Inman Square scores 0.6 points lower than Cambridge overall (8.9/10). Renters spend 37% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $2,713 vs $2,787.
Q3
What is the average rent in Inman Square?
Average gross rent in Inman Square is $2,713/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Inman Square residents are renters?
66% of Inman Square households are renter-occupied (vs 67% in Cambridge). The neighborhood has 11,493 residents.
Q5
Is Inman Square a high social-vulnerability area?
Inman Square sits in the 24th 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
Which tracts in Inman Square have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Inman Square is census tract 25017352700 (score 9.9/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.4 to 9.9, a spread of 2.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Inman Square for landlords?
Inman Square carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.3/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Inman Square?
Inman Square has 11,422 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (69.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (11.8%), Hispanic / Latino (8.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
