Within neighborhood
88
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,305 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Crossing Eviction Risk: Elevated , Boston
Tract 25025070102 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 2,721 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Here is how census tract 25025070102, in Downtown Crossing in Boston eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 7.2/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 2,721. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
36% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,374 monthly, set against $90,962 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 69% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,136
Renter share69.1%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate35.7%
Median income$90,962
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.3557, -71.0618 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown Crossing scores 7
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
35.7% poverty · this tract
8.9
Supply constraint
$2,374 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Downtown Crossing compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%Housing & transportation
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 25Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.74×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Downtown Crossing. 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.
- 13.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.6%Food insecurity
- 19.7%SNAP enrollment
- 11.4%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown Crossing
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.9/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Boston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Suffolk County average of 6.7 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.74x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
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 25025070102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025070102?
Census tract 25025070102 in the Downtown Crossing neighborhood scores 7/10 (Elevated 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 25025070102?
Median gross rent is $2,374/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025070102?
35.7% of residents in tract 25025070102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,721.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025070102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 64th, minority 65th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 25025070102 considered part of Downtown Crossing?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025070102 fall within Downtown Crossing (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 25025070102 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25025070102 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.0% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25025070102 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025070102 scores 7/10, right in line with the parent city of Boston at 7.1/10. 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.
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