Old Ship Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated
5 census tracts · pop 23,431 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.2/10
· range 5.7–6.8
Old Ship Street Historic District is a 5-tract neighborhood of Medford, MA, population 23,431. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.2/10, Elevated tier. Against a Medford baseline of 25.6%, 45% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10. 22% 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.
On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.6/10. The 5 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.7 to 6.8, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Filings are well documented here: 288 across 4 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 5.8% of renter households.
4.6% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Average gross rent is $2,340, 7% below the Medford average of $2,509. That places it #5 of 4 neighborhoods in Medford.
Judgments average 1.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Hillside Avenue Historic District and South Medford score within a fraction of it.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.1 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
6.2
Elevated
5 tracts · population-weighted
Old Ship Street Historic District vs MedfordHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority53%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport38%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Old Ship Street Historic District
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
288Total filings (sum)
2.44%Avg annual filing rate
5.8%Peak year (2016)
2.27%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Old Ship Street Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
11.0%Housing insecurity
6.6%Utility shutoff threat
11.5%Food insecurity
13.0%SNAP enrollment
4.4%No health insurance
25.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Old Ship Street Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Old Ship Street Historic District?
Old Ship Street Historic District scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 5 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 Old Ship Street Historic District compare to Medford overall?
Old Ship Street Historic District scores 0.4 points lower than Medford overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 26% citywide. Average rent: $2,340 vs $2,509.
Q3
What is the average rent in Old Ship Street Historic District?
Average gross rent in Old Ship Street Historic District is $2,340/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Old Ship Street Historic District residents are renters?
41% of Old Ship Street Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 46% in Medford). The neighborhood has 23,431 residents.
Q5
Is Old Ship Street Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Old Ship Street Historic District sits in the 27th 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 Old Ship Street Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Old Ship Street Historic District is census tract 25017339900 (score 6.8/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.7 to 6.8, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Old Ship Street Historic District for landlords?
Old Ship Street Historic District carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.2/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Medford as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Old Ship Street Historic District?
Old Ship Street Historic District has 21,847 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (61.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (14.2%), Hispanic / Latino (9.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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