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Eviction Risk in Bellingham Square Historic District , Chelsea

1 census tracts · pop 4,845 · pop-weighted composite 7.0/10 · range 7.0–7.0

Bellingham Square Historic District is a hispanic / latino neighborhood in Chelsea with 1 census tract and a population of 4,845 residents. The neighborhood's pop-weighted eviction-risk score of 7.0/10 (Elevated tier) blends state law, county-level filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent burden + poverty. 62% of renters here pay at least 30% of household income on rent, and 45% are severely cost-burdened (≥50% of income). Median gross rent of $1,940/month sits 1% lower than the Chelsea citywide median ($1,956).

Eviction Risk
7.0
Elevated tier · pop-weighted across tracts
Rent burden
62%
45% severely burdened
Median rent
$1,940
Median household income
$80,573
23.8% below poverty line
Risk score comparison

Bellingham Square Historic District vs. parent city, state, and U.S.

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

Bellingham Square Historic District score vs. parent city, state, U.S.U.S. avg = 5.0Bellingham Square : 7.07.0Bellingham Square NeighborhoodParent city: 7.17.1Parent cityhost cityState: 6.66.6Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.35.3U.S.national avg
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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7.0
/ 10 · Elevated
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Comparison

Bellingham Square Historic District vs Chelsea

How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average.

Composite score
7.0 -1%
Chelsea: 7.1
Rent burden
61.7% +78%
Chelsea: 34.7%
Median gross rent
$1,940 -1%
Chelsea: $1,956
Median HH income
$80,573 +12%
Chelsea: $72,220
Poverty rate
23.8% +15%
Chelsea: 20.6%
Renter share
53.7% -27%
Chelsea: 74.0%
Where

Tract centroids in Bellingham Square Historic District

Dot color = eviction risk score for that tract.

Demographics

Racial & ethnic composition

Hispanic / Latino Neighborhood — 4,730 residents across all tracts in Bellingham Square Historic District. Source: ACS 5-year 2023 (B03002).

Hispanic / Latino: 73.8% White (non-Hispanic): 12.6% Black (non-Hispanic): 7.9% Asian (non-Hispanic): 0.1% Other / Multiracial: 5.5%
  • Hispanic / Latino 73.8%
  • White (non-Hispanic) 12.6%
  • Black (non-Hispanic) 7.9%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 0.1%
  • Other / Multiracial 5.5%
Census tracts

1 tracts in Bellingham Square Historic District

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

Tract Score Pop Rent burden Median rent
25025160103 7.0 4,845 62% $1,940
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 96

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 91%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 78%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 89%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 95%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Bellingham Square Historic District

Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 50Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.1Avg monthly observed
  • 2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.47×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 Bellingham Square Historic District

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

Frequently asked

About Bellingham Square Historic District

What is the eviction-risk score for Bellingham Square Historic District?

Bellingham Square Historic District scores 7.0/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 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 Bellingham Square Historic District compare to Chelsea overall?

Bellingham Square Historic District scores 0.1 points lower than Chelsea overall (7.1/10). Rent burden: 62% vs 35% citywide. Median rent: $1,940 vs $1,956.

What is the median rent in Bellingham Square Historic District?

Median gross rent in Bellingham Square Historic District is $1,940/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Bellingham Square Historic District residents are renters?

54% of Bellingham Square Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 74% in Chelsea). The neighborhood has 4,845 residents.

Is Bellingham Square Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?

Bellingham Square Historic District sits in the 96th 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.

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