2 census tracts · pop 6,670 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.7/10
· range 6.7–6.7
Neponset spans 2 census tracts of Boston, MA, population 6,670. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.7/10, Elevated tier. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.3/10.
Against a Boston baseline of 30.6%, about one in five of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1.9/10. Filings are well documented here: 113 across 2 observed tracts.
Severe burden reaches 11%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. 3.8% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 2.5% of renter households. Food insecurity affects 9.7% of adults, 8.1 points below the national rate.
Average gross rent is $1,954, 9% below the Boston average of $2,147. Among the 57 mapped neighborhoods of Boston, it ranks #50 by risk, the lower third.
Judgments average 1.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Readville and Inner Belt score within a fraction of it. Against average income of $136,951, annual rent is only 17%, a wide affordability cushion.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Its 2 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
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
6.7
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Neponset vs BostonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority23%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport41%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Neponset
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
113Total filings (sum)
1.86%Avg annual filing rate
2.5%Peak year (2016)
2.22%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
48Total filings 2020-21
0.5Avg monthly observed
1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.49×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 Neponset
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.4%Housing insecurity
5.9%Utility shutoff threat
9.3%Food insecurity
10.4%SNAP enrollment
3.7%No health insurance
22.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Neponset
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Neponset?
Neponset scores 6.7/10 (Elevated 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 Neponset compare to Boston overall?
Neponset scores 1.4 points lower than Boston overall (8.1/10). Renters spend 21% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,954 vs $2,147.
Q3
What is the average rent in Neponset?
Average gross rent in Neponset is $1,954/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Neponset residents are renters?
42% of Neponset households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Boston). The neighborhood has 6,670 residents.
Q5
Is Neponset a high social-vulnerability area?
Neponset sits in the 17th 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
Which tracts in Neponset have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Neponset is census tract 25025100700 (score 6.7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.7 to 6.7, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Neponset for landlords?
Neponset carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.7/10). 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Neponset?
Neponset has 6,990 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (6.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (5.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
