1 census tracts · pop 6,122 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.5/10
· range 5.5–5.5
Cleveland Circle is a one-tract neighborhood of Newton, MA and houses 6,122 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.5/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.9/10.
Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,960, 17% below the Newton average of $2,370.
Court records for this tract carry 23 eviction filings. Cost burden runs 23% against 27.2% citywide, putting Cleveland Circle 4.5% under its own city. 3.0% 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 3.1% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 9.0% of adults, 8.8 points below the national rate.
Among the 11 mapped neighborhoods of Newton, it ranks #3 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 0.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Rent takes 9% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 5.5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Cleveland Circle vs NewtonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority45%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport75%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cleveland Circle
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
23Total filings (sum)
1.69%Avg annual filing rate
3.1%Peak year (2016)
3.12%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Cleveland Circle
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.3%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility shutoff threat
9.0%Food insecurity
8.2%SNAP enrollment
3.0%No health insurance
23.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Cleveland Circle
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cleveland Circle?
Cleveland Circle scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 Cleveland Circle compare to Newton overall?
Cleveland Circle scores 0.4 points lower than Newton overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 23% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $1,960 vs $2,370.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cleveland Circle?
Average gross rent in Cleveland Circle is $1,960/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cleveland Circle residents are renters?
33% of Cleveland Circle households are renter-occupied (vs 30% in Newton). The neighborhood has 6,122 residents.
Q5
Is Cleveland Circle a high social-vulnerability area?
Cleveland Circle 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 Cleveland Circle for landlords?
Cleveland Circle carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.5/10). 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 Newton as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Cleveland Circle?
Cleveland Circle has 6,083 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (68.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (12%), Other / Multiracial (8.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
