Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,657 of 84,120 nationally
Kane Square Eviction Risk: High , Boston
Tract 25025091500 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 3,412 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
25025091500 is a census tract in the Kane Square area of Boston, MA. It scores 9.5/10 for landlords. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
9.5
High
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.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
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 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
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 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
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
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.4/10. SNAP participation runs 33.1% against 15.2% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $62,717 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10.
It sits 1.6 points above the Suffolk County average of 7.9. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Food insecurity runs 28.2% against 17.8% nationally.
52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Suffolk County average of 47.0%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 304 filings here across 5 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,820, 15% below the Boston average.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 6.8% of renter households were served.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25025091500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025091500?
Census tract 25025091500 in the Kane Square 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 25025091500?
Median gross rent is $1,820/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
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.
Q4
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.
Q5
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).
Q6
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.
Q7
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.
Q8
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.
Q9
How does tract 25025091500 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025091500 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 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.
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