2 census tracts · pop 6,131 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9/10
· range 8.5–9.4
Inner Belt spans 2 census tracts of Cambridge, MA, population 6,131. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 9/10, High tier. Cost burden runs 38% against 27.9% citywide, putting Inner Belt 10.1% over its own city.
What pushes the score up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.5/10. This is a renter market: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 18%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Filings are well documented here: 330 across 2 observed tracts. Food insecurity affects 8.1% of adults, 9.7 points below the national rate.
3.7% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 7.4% of renter households. Average gross rent is $3,088, 11% above the Cambridge average of $2,787.
That places it #8 of 13 neighborhoods in Cambridge. Judgments average 2.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
With little internal variation, 9/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
9
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Inner Belt vs CambridgeHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority62%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport93%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Inner Belt
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
330Total filings (sum)
4.71%Avg annual filing rate
7.4%Peak year (2016)
4.41%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Inner Belt
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.9%Housing insecurity
4.5%Utility shutoff threat
8.1%Food insecurity
7.8%SNAP enrollment
3.6%No health insurance
19.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Inner Belt
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Inner Belt?
Inner Belt scores 9/10 (High tier) across 2 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 Inner Belt compare to Cambridge overall?
Inner Belt scores 0.1 points higher than Cambridge overall (8.9/10). Renters spend 38% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $3,088 vs $2,787.
Q3
What is the average rent in Inner Belt?
Average gross rent in Inner Belt is $3,088/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Inner Belt residents are renters?
69% of Inner Belt households are renter-occupied (vs 67% in Cambridge). The neighborhood has 6,131 residents.
Q5
Is Inner Belt a high social-vulnerability area?
Inner Belt sits in the 38th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Inner Belt have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Inner Belt is census tract 25017352101 (score 9.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.5 to 9.4, a spread of 0.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Inner Belt for landlords?
Inner Belt carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Inner Belt?
Inner Belt has 6,277 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (53.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (26.2%), Hispanic / Latino (12.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
