Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Quincy Eviction Risk: High
Tract 25021417602 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,801
25021417602 is a census tract in Quincy, MA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,801 residents. Cost burden runs 28% here against 48.1% across Norfolk County.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units2,292
Renter share54.5%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$98,778
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Quincy and the region
Centroid at 42.2904, -70.9710 · click any tract to drill in
Why Quincy scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Quincy
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,650 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Quincy
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Quincy
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Quincy
5.8
How Quincy compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
- 48%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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.4%Food insecurity
- 14.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Quincy
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.4 points. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10. At $1,650 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Quincy commands. 10% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Quincy. 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 #7,836 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.6/10. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $98,778. 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021417602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021417602?
Census tract 25021417602 in Quincy scores 8/10 (High 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 25021417602?
Median gross rent is $1,650/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021417602?
11.0% of residents in tract 25021417602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,801.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021417602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 53th, minority 61th, housing 57th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25021417602 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25021417602 compare to Quincy overall?
Tract 25021417602 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Quincy at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Quincy eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 25021417602 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 Quincy
Top eight tracts in Quincy 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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Atlantic
8.5
/ 10 · High
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Quincy Center
8.5
/ 10 · High
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25021417802
8.5
/ 10 · High
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8.5
/ 10 · High
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8.3
/ 10 · High
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7.9
/ 10 · High
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