Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,657 of 84,120 nationally
Uphams Corner Eviction Risk: High , Boston
Tract 25025091300 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 2,469 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 25025091300 sits in the Uphams Corner area of Boston eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 9.5/10. Population here is 2,469. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
9.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units914
Renter share74.2%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate32.3%
Median income$60,962
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.3199, -71.0669 · click any tract to drill in
Why Uphams Corner scores 9.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Boston
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
32.3% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,817 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Boston
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Boston
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Boston
8.0
How Uphams Corner compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 91%Grade C
- 9%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 231Total filings over 5 yrs
- 7.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.7%Peak (2012)
- 46Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 23% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 74Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.40×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Uphams Corner. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 29.2%Housing insecurity
- 21.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 35.8%Food insecurity
- 43.3%SNAP enrollment
- 21.5%Transit barriers
- 10.8%No health insurance
- 23.3%Frequent mental distress
- 39.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Uphams Corner
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.4/10. Food insecurity runs 35.8% against 17.8% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $60,962 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
74% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. It sits 1.6 points above the Suffolk County average of 7.9. Against Suffolk County at 47.0%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 21.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. At $1,817 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Boston commands.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 25025091300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025091300?
Census tract 25025091300 in the Uphams Corner neighborhood scores 9.5/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25025091300?
Median gross rent is $1,817/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025091300?
32.3% of residents in tract 25025091300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,469.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025091300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 90th, minority 93th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 25025091300 considered part of Uphams Corner?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025091300 fall within Uphams Corner (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025091300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 231 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025091300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.52% of renter households, peaking at 9.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25025091300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.40× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 25025091300 struggle to pay rent?
About 29.2% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 21.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25025091300 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025091300 scores 9.5/10, higher than the parent city of Boston at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Boston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 25025091300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 9% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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