Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Pill Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brookline
Tract 25021401000 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 3,551 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 25021401000 covers part of the Pill Hill area of Brookline, MA, and scores 7.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,551 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,407
Renter share45.7%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$131,919
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookline and the region
Centroid at 42.3277, -71.1196 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pill Hill scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brookline
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$2,313 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brookline
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brookline
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brookline
5.5
How Pill Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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.
- 1%Grade A
- 6%Grade B
- 78%Grade C
- 2%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
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.
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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 10.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 3.7%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 22.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pill Hill
Cost burden runs 35% here against 48.1% across Norfolk County. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Average gross rent is $2,313, 18% below the Brookline average.
Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.7% against 11.3% nationally. Running cool, economic stress reads 3/10.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #11,988 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021401000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021401000?
Census tract 25021401000 in the Pill Hill neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (Elevated 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 25021401000?
Median gross rent is $2,313/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021401000?
12.1% of residents in tract 25021401000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,551.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021401000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 62th, minority 51th, housing 24th.
Q5
Is tract 25021401000 considered part of Pill Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021401000 fall within Pill Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021401000 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021401000 compare to Brookline overall?
Tract 25021401000 scores 7.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Brookline at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brookline eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 25021401000 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. 2% 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 Brookline
Top eight tracts in Brookline ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MA
Brookline Village
8.5
/ 10 · High
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Packard's Corner
8.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Corey Hill
8.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Audubon Circle
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Brookline Village
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Coolidge Corner
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Packard's Corner
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Putterham
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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