4 census tracts · pop 10,305 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8/10
· range 7.4–8.5
Gove Street takes in 4 census tracts of Boston, MA, population 10,305. The Eviction Risk Score is 8/10, in the High tier. Cost burden runs 50% against 30.6% citywide, putting Gove Street 19.3% over its own city.
80% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. Severe burden reaches 25%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 8/10.
The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 7.4 to 8.5, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Court records carry 361 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 6.1% of renter households. That places it #27 of 57 neighborhoods in Boston.
Judgments average 1.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Fields Corner and Lower Allston.
Average gross rent runs $2,076, close to the Boston average.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.1 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
High
4 tracts · population-weighted
Gove Street vs BostonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport80%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Gove Street
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
361Total filings (sum)
2.55%Avg annual filing rate
6.1%Peak year (2016)
2.05%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
236Total filings 2020-21
1.5Avg monthly observed
1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.73×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston, MA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Gove Street
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
17.8%Housing insecurity
10.1%Utility shutoff threat
19.8%Food insecurity
20.2%SNAP enrollment
10.2%No health insurance
26.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Gove Street
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Gove Street?
Gove Street scores 8/10 (High tier) across 4 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 Gove Street compare to Boston overall?
Gove Street scores 0.1 points lower than Boston overall (8.1/10). Renters spend 50% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $2,076 vs $2,147.
Q3
What is the average rent in Gove Street?
Average gross rent in Gove Street is $2,076/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Gove Street residents are renters?
80% of Gove Street households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Boston). The neighborhood has 10,305 residents.
Q5
Is Gove Street a high social-vulnerability area?
Gove Street sits in the 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Gove Street have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Gove Street is census tract 25025050300 (score 8.5/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.4 to 8.5, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Gove Street for landlords?
Gove Street carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 Gove Street?
Gove Street has 10,108 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (48.9%), White (non-Hispanic) (37.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
