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Eviction Risk in Brookline Village , Boston

2 census tracts · pop 8,200 · pop-weighted composite 7.5/10 · range 7.5–7.5

Brookline Village is a white-asian neighborhood in Boston with 2 census tracts and a population of 8,200 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 7.5/10 (Elevated tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 55% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 33% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $1,930/month sits 10% lower than the Boston citywide median ($2,147).

Eviction Risk
7.5
Elevated tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
55%
33% severely burdened
Median rent
$1,930
Median household income
$55,459
36.2% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

Brookline Village vs. parent city, state, and U.S.

Composite landlord eviction-risk score (0–10 scale).

Brookline Village score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Brookline Village: 7.57.5Brookline VillageNeighborhoodParent city: 8.18.1Parent cityhost cityState: 6.66.6Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by composite score.

Peer · MA
Packard's Corner
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
3 tracts · pop. 7.9K
Peer · MA
Barry's Corner
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
1 tracts · pop. 2.4K
Peer · MA
Kane Square
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
1 tracts · pop. 3.4K
Peer · MA
North Brighton
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
1 tracts · pop. 4.0K
Comparison

Brookline Village vs Boston

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
7.5 -7%
Boston: 8.1
Rent burden
54.9% +79%
Boston: 30.6%
Median gross rent
$1,930 -10%
Boston: $2,147
Median HH income
$55,459 -41%
Boston: $94,755
Poverty rate
36.2% +115%
Boston: 16.9%
Renter share
93.2% +45%
Boston: 64.3%
Where

Tract centroids in Brookline Village

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

White-Asian Neighborhood — 8,650 residents across all tracts in Brookline Village. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 14.6% White (non-Hispanic): 45.9% Black (non-Hispanic): 7.6% Asian (non-Hispanic): 29.2% Other / Multiracial: 2.8%
  • Hispanic / Latino 14.6%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 45.9%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 7.6%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 29.2%
  • Other / Multiracial 2.8%
Census tracts

2 tracts in Brookline Village

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
25025081001 7.5 4,816 60% $1,759
25025080900 7.5 3,384 48% $2,173
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 68

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 67%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 44%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 69%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 83%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Brookline Village

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 245Total filings (sum)
  • 1.42%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.6%Peak year (2015)
  • 1.09%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 172Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.0Avg monthly observed
  • 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.62×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 Brookline Village

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Brookline Village

What is the eviction-risk score for Brookline Village?

Brookline Village scores 7.5/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted composite blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden and poverty signals.

How does Brookline Village compare to Boston overall?

Brookline Village scores 0.6 points lower than Boston overall (8.1/10). Rent burden: 55% vs 31% citywide. Median rent: $1,930 vs $2,147.

What is the median rent in Brookline Village?

Median gross rent in Brookline eviction risk Village is $1,930/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Brookline Village residents are renters?

93% of Brookline Village households are renter-occupied (vs 64% in Boston). The neighborhood has 8,200 residents.

Is Brookline Village a high social-vulnerability area?

Brookline Village sits in the 68th 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.

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