Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Admirals Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Chelsea
Tract 25025160300 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 2,083 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
25025160300 is a census tract in the Admirals Hill area of Chelsea, MA. It scores 7.9/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,351
Renter share61.8%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$75,417
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chelsea and the region
Centroid at 42.3880, -71.0467 · click any tract to drill in
Why Admirals Hill scores 7.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chelsea
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,211 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chelsea
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chelsea
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chelsea
7.9
How Admirals Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 10%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)
- 84Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2013)
- 18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 80Total filings 2020-21
- 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.17×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 14.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.1%Food insecurity
- 20.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Admirals Hill
Average gross rent is $1,211, 38% below the Chelsea average. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10. 11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 84 filings here across 5 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 2.7% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chelsea. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 90% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25025160300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025160300?
Census tract 25025160300 in the Admirals Hill neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (Elevated 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 25025160300?
Median gross rent is $1,211/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025160300?
13.7% of residents in tract 25025160300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,083.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025160300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 93th, minority 55th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 25025160300 considered part of Admirals Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025160300 fall within Admirals Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025160300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 84 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025160300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.88% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25025160300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.17× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 25025160300 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.7% 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. 9.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25025160300 compare to Chelsea overall?
Tract 25025160300 scores 7.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Chelsea at 7.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chelsea eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 25025160300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 10% 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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9.2
/ 10 · Very High
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9.2
/ 10 · Very High
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9.2
/ 10 · Very High
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Chelsea Square
8.8
/ 10 · High
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8.8
/ 10 · High
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8.6
/ 10 · High
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8.2
/ 10 · High
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6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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