Within neighborhood
92
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,657 of 84,120 nationally
Dorchester Heights Eviction Risk: High , Boston
Tract 25025061101 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 2,295 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 9.5/10, tract 25025061101 in the Dorchester Heights area of Boston, MA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,295. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
9.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%
Stable renters 49%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,180
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate47.9%
Median income$24,318
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.3263, -71.0543 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dorchester Heights scores 9.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Boston
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
47.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$834 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Boston
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Boston
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Boston
8.0
How Dorchester Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 5%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)
- 198Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2013)
- 19Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 63% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 38Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.25×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 Dorchester Heights. 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.
- 28.8%Housing insecurity
- 20.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.3%Food insecurity
- 46.1%SNAP enrollment
- 20.3%Transit barriers
- 12.1%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 37.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dorchester Heights
Average gross rent is $834, 61% below the Boston average. The poverty rate is 48%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Food insecurity runs 38.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Annualized rent equals 41% of average household income of $24,318, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Suffolk County average of 7.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 20.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Court records carry 198 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Cost burden runs 51% here against 47.0% across Suffolk County.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25025061101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025061101?
Census tract 25025061101 in the Dorchester Heights neighborhood scores 9.5/10 (High 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 25025061101?
Median gross rent is $834/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025061101?
47.9% of residents in tract 25025061101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,295.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025061101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 96th, minority 77th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 25025061101 considered part of Dorchester Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025061101 fall within Dorchester Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025061101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 198 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025061101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.79% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25025061101 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.25× 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 25025061101 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.8% 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. 20.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25025061101 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025061101 scores 9.5/10, higher than the parent city of Boston at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Boston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 25025061101 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 5% 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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