3 census tracts · pop 10,325 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7/10
· range 6.7–7.3
Oak Square is a 3-tract neighborhood of Boston, MA, population 10,325. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7/10, Elevated tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10.
At $2,689 a month, rents sit 25% over what the rest of Boston commands. Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10.
The severe-burden share is 17%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 8/10.
Filings are well documented here: 98 across 3 observed tracts. Disability prevalence reaches 19.5% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Against a Boston baseline of 30.6%, around a third of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
4.0% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 1.4% of renter households.
That places it #41 of 57 neighborhoods in Boston. Judgments average 0.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
With little internal variation, 7/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Oak Square vs BostonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority54%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Oak Square
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
98Total filings (sum)
0.89%Avg annual filing rate
1.4%Peak year (2016)
0.73%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
47Total filings 2020-21
0.4Avg monthly observed
0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.71×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston, MA).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Oak Square
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.4%Housing insecurity
5.7%Utility shutoff threat
9.7%Food insecurity
9.9%SNAP enrollment
4.1%No health insurance
19.6%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Oak Square
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Oak Square?
Oak Square scores 7/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 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 Oak Square compare to Boston overall?
Oak Square scores 1.1 points lower than Boston overall (8.1/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $2,689 vs $2,147.
Q3
What is the average rent in Oak Square?
Average gross rent in Oak Square is $2,689/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Oak Square residents are renters?
64% of Oak Square households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Boston). The neighborhood has 10,325 residents.
Q5
Is Oak Square a high social-vulnerability area?
Oak Square sits in the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Oak Square have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Oak Square is census tract 25025000201 (score 7.3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.7 to 7.3, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Oak Square for landlords?
Oak Square carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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 Oak Square?
Oak Square has 10,277 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (63.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (11.2%), Other / Multiracial (9.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
