2 census tracts · pop 9,043 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.3/10
· range 9.2–9.5
Mount Ida takes in 2 census tracts of Boston, MA and houses 9,043 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 9.3/10, in the High tier. Cost burden runs 55% against 30.6% citywide, putting Mount Ida 24.7% over its own city.
SNAP participation is 40.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1.5/10. 19.8% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Average gross rent is $1,798, 16% below the Boston average of $2,147.
Court records carry 516 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 6.7% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 5.7% in 2016 against a 6.7% peak.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
9.3
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Mount Ida vs BostonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority94%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport85%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mount Ida
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
516Total filings (sum)
5.41%Avg annual filing rate
6.7%Peak year (2015)
5.82%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
198Total filings 2020-21
2.3Avg monthly observed
4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.50×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 Mount Ida
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
28.7%Housing insecurity
20.3%Utility shutoff threat
34.9%Food insecurity
41.6%SNAP enrollment
10.6%No health insurance
36.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Mount Ida
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mount Ida?
Mount Ida scores 9.3/10 (High tier) across 2 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 Mount Ida compare to Boston overall?
Mount Ida scores 1.2 points higher than Boston overall (8.1/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,798 vs $2,147.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mount Ida?
Average gross rent in Mount Ida is $1,798/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mount Ida residents are renters?
62% of Mount Ida households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Boston). The neighborhood has 9,043 residents.
Q5
Is Mount Ida a high social-vulnerability area?
Mount Ida sits in the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Mount Ida have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Mount Ida is census tract 25025091700 (score 9.5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 9.2 to 9.5, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Mount Ida for landlords?
Mount Ida carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Mount Ida?
Mount Ida has 9,334 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (51.4%), Hispanic / Latino (21.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (11.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
