3 census tracts · pop 14,925 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.8/10
· range 7.5–8.6
Clarendon Hills spans 3 census tracts of Boston, MA and houses 14,925 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.8/10, in the Elevated tier. 56% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Boston rate of 30.6%.
The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 1.4/10. The severe-burden share is 22%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. SNAP participation is 28.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 7.5 to 8.6, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Average gross rent is $1,745, 19% below the Boston average of $2,147.
Court records carry 570 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. 14.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 11.9% of renter households. Among the 57 mapped neighborhoods of Boston, it ranks #31 by risk, the middle third. Judgments average 1.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 7.8 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Clarendon Hills vs BostonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport50%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Clarendon Hills
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
570Total filings (sum)
4.29%Avg annual filing rate
11.9%Peak year (2016)
4.76%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
365Total filings 2020-21
2.9Avg monthly observed
2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
1.05×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston, MA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Clarendon Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
21.7%Housing insecurity
14.1%Utility shutoff threat
23.8%Food insecurity
27.6%SNAP enrollment
7.9%No health insurance
30.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Clarendon Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Clarendon Hills?
Clarendon Hills scores 7.8/10 (Elevated 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 Clarendon Hills compare to Boston overall?
Clarendon Hills scores 0.3 points lower than Boston overall (8.1/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,745 vs $2,147.
Q3
What is the average rent in Clarendon Hills?
Average gross rent in Clarendon Hills is $1,745/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Clarendon Hills residents are renters?
42% of Clarendon Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Boston). The neighborhood has 14,925 residents.
Q5
Is Clarendon Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Clarendon Hills sits in the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Clarendon Hills have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Clarendon Hills is census tract 25025140106 (score 8.6/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.5 to 8.6, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Clarendon Hills for landlords?
Clarendon Hills carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.8/10). 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 Clarendon Hills?
Clarendon Hills has 14,597 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (50.4%), Hispanic / Latino (25.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (17.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
