Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Pigeon Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Waltham
Tract 25017369000 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,552 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Pigeon Hill in Waltham is where census tract 25017369000 sits, home to 3,552 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.2/10. On the national scale it ranks #45,518 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units41
Renter share9.8%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate60.4%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waltham and the region
Centroid at 42.3936, -71.2139 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pigeon Hill scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Waltham
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
60.4% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waltham
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waltham
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waltham
4.9
How Pigeon Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 3%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.5%Peak (2015)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Pigeon Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 11.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.8%Food insecurity
- 29.7%SNAP enrollment
- 20.5%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 29.9%Frequent mental distress
- 36.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pigeon Hill
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Waltham eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 1.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.5% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017369000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017369000?
Census tract 25017369000 in the Pigeon Hill neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017369000?
60.4% of residents in tract 25017369000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,552.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017369000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 1th, minority 56th, housing 8th.
Q4
Is tract 25017369000 considered part of Pigeon Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017369000 fall within Pigeon Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017369000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25017369000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.52% of renter households, peaking at 1.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017369000 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 11.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017369000 compare to Waltham overall?
Tract 25017369000 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Waltham at 5.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waltham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 25017369000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Waltham
Top eight tracts in Waltham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MA
Central Square
4.5
/ 10 · Moderate
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The Bleachery
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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South Side
3.4
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MA
Banks Square
3.3
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MA
The Island
2.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MA
The Bleachery
2.5
/ 10 · Low
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Lakeview
2.3
/ 10 · Low
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Prospectville
2.3
/ 10 · Low
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