3 census tracts · pop 7,875 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.5/10
· range 9.5–9.5
Packard's Corner is a 3-tract neighborhood of Boston, MA and houses 7,875 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 9.5/10, in the High tier. Annualized rent equals 52% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
The poverty rate is 47%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 9.3/10. At $1,348 a month, rents sit 37% under what the rest of Boston commands.
24% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10.
roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, above the Boston rate of 30.6%. The filing record is not thin: 141 evictions logged in this tract.
SNAP participation is 26.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 4.2% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 2.6% in 2016 against a 4.2% peak. Among the 57 mapped neighborhoods of Boston, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
With little internal variation, 9.5/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
9.5
High
3 tracts · population-weighted
Packard's Corner vs BostonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority65%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport91%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Packard's Corner
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
141Total filings (sum)
2.86%Avg annual filing rate
4.2%Peak year (2014)
2.58%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
121Total filings 2020-21
0.9Avg monthly observed
1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.42×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 Packard's Corner
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
18.3%Housing insecurity
12.5%Utility shutoff threat
24.7%Food insecurity
28.1%SNAP enrollment
6.3%No health insurance
27.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Packard's Corner
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Packard's Corner?
Packard's Corner scores 9.5/10 (High 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 Packard's Corner compare to Boston overall?
Packard's Corner scores 1.4 points higher than Boston overall (8.1/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,348 vs $2,147.
Q3
What is the average rent in Packard's Corner?
Average gross rent in Packard's Corner is $1,348/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Packard's Corner residents are renters?
60% of Packard's Corner households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Boston). The neighborhood has 7,875 residents.
Q5
Is Packard's Corner a high social-vulnerability area?
Packard's Corner sits in the 54th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Packard's Corner have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Packard's Corner is census tract 25025000805 (score 9.5/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 9.5 to 9.5, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Packard's Corner for landlords?
Packard's Corner carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.5/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Packard's Corner?
Packard's Corner has 7,939 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52.4%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (25.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
