Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Cottage Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Winthrop Town
Tract 25025180301 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 2,888 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Here is how census tract 25025180301, in the Cottage Park neighborhood of Winthrop Town, looks to a landlord: a $1/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 2,888. That is riskier than about 75% of US census tracts.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,517 a month against an average household income of $139,554 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,137
Renter share31.4%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$139,554
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Winthrop Town and the region
Centroid at 42.3722, -70.9900 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cottage Park scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Winthrop Town
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$2,517 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Winthrop Town
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Winthrop Town
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Winthrop Town
5.0
How Cottage Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 68%Grade B
- 18%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 15Total filings over 5 yrs
- 0.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2012)
- 2Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 60% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 7Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×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
Within Cottage Park. 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.
- 8.5%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 3.4%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cottage Park
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 6.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Winthrop Town, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Suffolk County average of 6.7 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25025180301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025180301?
Census tract 25025180301 in the Cottage Park neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (Lower 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 25025180301?
Median gross rent is $2,517/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025180301?
9.1% of residents in tract 25025180301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,888.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025180301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 34th, minority 9th, housing 32th.
Q5
Is tract 25025180301 considered part of Cottage Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025180301 fall within Cottage Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025180301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025180301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.96% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25025180301 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 25025180301 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.5% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25025180301 compare to Winthrop Town overall?
Tract 25025180301 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Winthrop Town at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Winthrop Town; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 25025180301 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Winthrop Town
Top eight tracts in Winthrop Town ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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