Old Shipbuilders Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower
2 census tracts · pop 10,550 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10
· range 3.3–3.4
Old Shipbuilders Historic District takes in 2 census tracts of Duxbury, MA and houses 10,550 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.3/10, in the Lower tier. 32% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.6/10. Well under the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength, at 2/10.
At $1,740 a month, rents sit 22% over what the rest of Duxbury commands. Cost burden runs 56% against 61.2% citywide, putting Old Shipbuilders Historic District 5.4% under its own city.
Filings are well documented here: 4 across 2 observed tracts. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 6.4% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Food insecurity affects 6.4% of adults, 11.4 points below the national rate.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 1.9% of renter households. On the softer side is supply constraint, at 3/10.
Judgments average 1.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. At 11% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
Against average income of $164,321, annual rent is only 13%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 2 tracts score within 0.1 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Old Shipbuilders Historic District vs DuxburyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority7%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport17%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Old Shipbuilders Historic District
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
4Total filings (sum)
1.15%Avg annual filing rate
1.9%Peak year (2016)
1.15%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Old Shipbuilders Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
6.5%Housing insecurity
4.1%Utility shutoff threat
6.6%Food insecurity
7.3%SNAP enrollment
2.8%No health insurance
25.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Old Shipbuilders Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Old Shipbuilders Historic District?
Old Shipbuilders Historic District scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Old Shipbuilders Historic District compare to Duxbury overall?
Old Shipbuilders Historic District scores 0.7 points lower than Duxbury overall (4/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 61% citywide. Average rent: $1,740 vs $1,431.
Q3
What is the average rent in Old Shipbuilders Historic District?
Average gross rent in Old Shipbuilders Historic District is $1,740/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Old Shipbuilders Historic District residents are renters?
11% of Old Shipbuilders Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 3% in Duxbury). The neighborhood has 10,550 residents.
Q5
Is Old Shipbuilders Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Old Shipbuilders Historic District sits in the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Old Shipbuilders Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Old Shipbuilders Historic District is census tract 25023507103 (score 3.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.3 to 3.4, a spread of 0.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Old Shipbuilders Historic District for landlords?
Old Shipbuilders Historic District carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Duxbury as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Old Shipbuilders Historic District?
Old Shipbuilders Historic District has 10,551 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (94.4%), Other / Multiracial (2.6%), Hispanic / Latino (1.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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