4 census tracts · pop 11,964 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 9.1/10
· range 8.3–9.5
Uphams Corner spans 4 census tracts of Boston, MA, population 11,964. The Eviction Risk Score is 9.1/10, in the High tier. Cost burden runs 53% against 30.6% citywide, putting Uphams Corner 22.7% over its own city.
31% 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. The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 1.2/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. This is a renter market: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
SNAP participation is 32.5% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 26%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. At $1,634 a month, rents sit 24% under what the rest of Boston commands.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 8.3 to 9.5, a 1.2-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Filings are well documented here: 670 across 4 observed tracts. Food insecurity affects 27.2% of adults, 9.4 points above the national rate. The worst year on record was 2014, when filings touched 9.7% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 5.3% in 2016, is well off that peak.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 9.1 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
9.1
High
4 tracts · population-weighted
Uphams Corner vs BostonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority74%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport80%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Uphams Corner
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
670Total filings (sum)
4.64%Avg annual filing rate
9.7%Peak year (2014)
4.81%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
313Total filings 2020-21
1.8Avg monthly observed
2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.75×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 Uphams Corner
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
21.3%Housing insecurity
14.8%Utility shutoff threat
25.4%Food insecurity
30.2%SNAP enrollment
8.2%No health insurance
31.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Uphams Corner
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Uphams Corner?
Uphams Corner scores 9.1/10 (High tier) across 4 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 Uphams Corner compare to Boston overall?
Uphams Corner scores 1.0 points higher than Boston overall (8.1/10). Renters spend 53% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,634 vs $2,147.
Q3
What is the average rent in Uphams Corner?
Average gross rent in Uphams Corner is $1,634/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Uphams Corner residents are renters?
66% of Uphams Corner households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Boston). The neighborhood has 11,964 residents.
Q5
Is Uphams Corner a high social-vulnerability area?
Uphams Corner sits in the 79th 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 Uphams Corner have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Uphams Corner is census tract 25025091200 (score 9.5/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8.3 to 9.5, a spread of 1.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Uphams Corner for landlords?
Uphams Corner carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (9.1/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 Uphams Corner?
Uphams Corner has 12,523 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (35.8%), Hispanic / Latino (21.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (21%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
