3 census tracts · pop 6,729 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.2/10
· range 7.5–8.8
Aberdeen spans 3 census tracts of Boston, MA and houses 6,729 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8.2/10, in the High tier. Against a Boston baseline of 30.6%, 48% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
This is a renter market: 83% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. 23% 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.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 7.5 to 8.8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 8/10.
The filing record is not thin: 42 evictions logged in this tract. 3.4% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 1.1% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 8.9% of adults, 8.9 points below the national rate. The most recent observed rate, 0.5% in 2016, is well off that peak.
That places it #25 of 57 neighborhoods in Boston. Average gross rent runs $2,095, close to the Boston average.
Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $81,629.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.3 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
8.2
High
3 tracts · population-weighted
Aberdeen vs BostonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority51%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport81%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Aberdeen
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
42Total filings (sum)
0.82%Avg annual filing rate
1.1%Peak year (2012)
0.53%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
58Total filings 2020-21
0.4Avg monthly observed
0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.45×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston, MA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Aberdeen
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.5%Housing insecurity
5.5%Utility shutoff threat
8.9%Food insecurity
9.3%SNAP enrollment
3.4%No health insurance
19.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Aberdeen
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Aberdeen?
Aberdeen scores 8.2/10 (High tier) across 3 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 Aberdeen compare to Boston overall?
Aberdeen scores 0.1 points higher than Boston overall (8.1/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $2,095 vs $2,147.
Q3
What is the average rent in Aberdeen?
Average gross rent in Aberdeen is $2,095/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Aberdeen residents are renters?
83% of Aberdeen households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Boston). The neighborhood has 6,729 residents.
Q5
Is Aberdeen a high social-vulnerability area?
Aberdeen sits in the 46th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Aberdeen have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Aberdeen is census tract 25025000506 (score 8.8/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.5 to 8.8, a spread of 1.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Aberdeen for landlords?
Aberdeen carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.2/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Boston as a whole (8.1/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Aberdeen?
Aberdeen has 6,371 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (65.7%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (14.5%), Hispanic / Latino (7.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
