1 census tracts · pop 4,803 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.7/10
· range 6.7–6.7
Inner Belt maps to a single census tract in Boston, MA, population 4,803. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.7/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, below the Boston rate of 30.6%. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10.
Average gross rent is $2,538, 18% above the Boston average of $2,147. Court records for this tract carry 91 eviction filings.
Food insecurity affects 6.4% of adults, 11.4 points below the national rate. 2.9% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The worst year on record was 2013, when filings touched 2.4% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 2.3% in 2016 against a 2.4% peak. Among the 57 mapped neighborhoods of Boston, it ranks #50 by risk, the lower third. For a like-for-like read, Neponset and Readville score within a fraction of it.
Against average income of $184,879, annual rent is only 16%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
One tract means one number: 6.7/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Inner Belt vs BostonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority31%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport40%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Inner Belt
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
91Total filings (sum)
2.06%Avg annual filing rate
2.4%Peak year (2013)
2.25%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
8Total filings 2020-21
0.2Avg monthly observed
1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.10×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston, MA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Inner Belt
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
7.6%Housing insecurity
4.7%Utility shutoff threat
6.4%Food insecurity
6.8%SNAP enrollment
2.9%No health insurance
16.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Inner Belt
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Inner Belt?
Inner Belt scores 6.7/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 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 Inner Belt compare to Boston overall?
Inner Belt scores 1.4 points lower than Boston overall (8.1/10). Renters spend 24% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $2,538 vs $2,147.
Q3
What is the average rent in Inner Belt?
Average gross rent in Inner Belt is $2,538/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Inner Belt residents are renters?
41% of Inner Belt households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Boston). The neighborhood has 4,803 residents.
Q5
Is Inner Belt a high social-vulnerability area?
Inner Belt sits in the 7th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Inner Belt for landlords?
Inner Belt carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.7/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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 lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Inner Belt?
Inner Belt has 4,888 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (82.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (5.4%), Hispanic / Latino (4.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
