Neighborhood · Ranked #30,697 of 84,120 nationally

Poets' Corner Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wellesley

Tract 25021404100 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,295 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

How risky is the Poets' Corner neighborhood of Wellesley for landlords? Census tract 25021404100 scores 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 57th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $3,501 a month against an average household income of $242,379 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 11% Owners 77%

Tract context

Occupied units1,459

Renter share22.3%

SVI overall0.19

Poverty rate3.2%

Median income$242,379

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wellesley and the region

Centroid at 42.3160, -71.2501 · click any tract to drill in

Why Poets' Corner scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Wellesley

7.1

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.8

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

3.2% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

$3,501 rent vs county FMR

7.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Wellesley

3.7

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.4

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Wellesley

3.9

Housing court bias

Inherited from Wellesley

3.1

How Poets' Corner compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

1%Socioeconomic
57%Household composition
47%Racial/ethnic minority
43%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.

0%Grade A
0%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 · 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)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

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.

5.4%Housing insecurity
3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
5.8%Food insecurity
5.8%SNAP enrollment
4.1%Transit barriers
2.5%No health insurance
11.9%Frequent mental distress
19.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Poets' Corner

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 7.3/10. 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 Wellesley 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 Norfolk County average of 5.6 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25021404100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021404100?

Census tract 25021404100 in the Poets' Corner neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25021404100?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021404100?

3.2% of residents in tract 25021404100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,295.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021404100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 57th, minority 47th, housing 43th.

Is tract 25021404100 considered part of Poets' Corner?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021404100 fall within Poets' Corner (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25021404100 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.4% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25021404100 compare to Wellesley overall?

Tract 25021404100 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Wellesley at 5.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wellesley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25021404100 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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