Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,480 of 84,120 nationally
Ten Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Somerville
Tract 25017350109 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 2,446 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
For landlords sizing up the Ten Hills neighborhood of Somerville, census tract 25017350109 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. That is riskier than about 35% of US census tracts.
18% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,133 a month against an average household income of $111,201 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 79% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 65%
Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units949
Renter share79.3%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$111,201
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Within county
20
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Somerville and the region
Centroid at 42.3929, -71.0894 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ten Hills scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Somerville
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,133 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Somerville
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Somerville
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Somerville
8.0
How Ten Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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
- 96%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-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 Ten Hills. 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.
- 14.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 16.0%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 19.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ten Hills
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Somerville 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 68th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017350109
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017350109?
Census tract 25017350109 in the Ten Hills neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 average rent in tract 25017350109?
Median gross rent is $2,133/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017350109?
4.9% of residents in tract 25017350109 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,446.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017350109?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 60th, minority 69th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 25017350109 considered part of Ten Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017350109 fall within Ten Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 25017350109 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.00× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017350109 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.8% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017350109 compare to Somerville overall?
Tract 25017350109 scores 4.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Somerville at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Somerville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 25017350109 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Somerville
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Ten Hills
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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Magoun Square
4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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