Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Putterham Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brookline
Tract 25021401201 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 5,587 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 25021401201 covers part of the Putterham area of Brookline, MA, and scores 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,587. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,949
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$247,663
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookline and the region
Centroid at 42.3071, -71.1617 · click any tract to drill in
Why Putterham scores 6.7
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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$3,436 rent vs county FMR
7.1
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 Putterham compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 45%Grade A
- 22%Grade B
- 0%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
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.
- 5.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.0%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 2.5%No health insurance
- 11.8%Frequent mental distress
- 19.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Putterham
Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
Cost burden runs 40% here against 48.1% across Norfolk County. Disability prevalence runs 19.0% against 31.5% nationally. The voucher gap is 21.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Food insecurity runs 6.0% against 17.8% nationally. Average gross rent is $3,436, 21% above the Brookline average. It sits 1.1 points above the Norfolk County average of 5.6.
This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Brookline. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #14,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021401201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021401201?
Census tract 25021401201 in the Putterham neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 25021401201?
Median gross rent is $3,436/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021401201?
7.0% of residents in tract 25021401201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,587.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021401201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 69th, minority 59th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 25021401201 considered part of Putterham?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021401201 fall within Putterham (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021401201 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.6% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021401201 compare to Brookline overall?
Tract 25021401201 scores 6.7/10, lower than 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 25021401201 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 Brookline
Top eight tracts in Brookline ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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8.5
/ 10 · High
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8.5
/ 10 · High
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8.5
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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Pill Hill
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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Coolidge Corner
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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