Neighborhood · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally

Kane Square Eviction Risk: Elevated , Boston

Tract 25025091500 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 3,412 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Census tract 25025091500 sits in the Kane Square neighborhood of Boston eviction risk, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. It lands near the 97th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,820 monthly, set against $62,717 in average yearly household income, roughly 35% of income at the averages. About 60% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 29% Owners 40%

Tract context

Occupied units1,580

Renter share59.8%

SVI overall0.84

Poverty rate26.5%

Median income$62,717

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Boston and the region

Centroid at 42.3115, -71.0644 · click any tract to drill in

Why Kane Square scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

26.5% poverty · this tract

6.6

Supply constraint

$1,820 rent vs county FMR

1.4

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 Kane Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

85%Socioeconomic
68%Household composition
84%Racial/ethnic minority
72%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
99%Grade C
1%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)

304Total filings over 5 yrs
5.94%Avg annual filing rate
6.8%Peak (2015)
70Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings climbed 32% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

88Total filings 2020-21
1.9Avg monthly (observed)
5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.37×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

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.

23.9%Housing insecurity
16.5%Utility-shutoff threat
28.2%Food insecurity
33.1%SNAP enrollment
16.9%Transit barriers
9.2%No health insurance
20.7%Frequent mental distress
33.7%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Kane Square

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 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.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.37x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.

Part of this tract, about 1% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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 25025091500

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025091500?

Census tract 25025091500 in the Kane Square neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25025091500?

Median gross rent is $1,820/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25025091500?

26.5% of residents in tract 25025091500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,412.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25025091500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 68th, minority 84th, housing 72th.

Is tract 25025091500 considered part of Kane Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025091500 fall within Kane Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025091500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 304 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025091500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.94% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 25025091500 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.37× 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.

What share of households in tract 25025091500 struggle to pay rent?

About 23.9% 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. 16.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25025091500 compare to Boston overall?

Tract 25025091500 scores 6.8/10, lower than 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.

Q10

Was tract 25025091500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% 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 Boston

Top eight tracts in Boston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org