1 census tracts · pop 3,281 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8.8/10
· range 8.8–8.8
Chelsea Square maps to a single census tract in Chelsea, MA, population 3,281. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8.8/10, in the High tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
This is a renter market: 90% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 26% 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. Cost burden runs 45% against 34.7% citywide, putting Chelsea Square 9.9% over its own city.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.6/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 7.9/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 23.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 234 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 4.3% of renter households.
Food insecurity affects 26.1% of adults, 8.3 points above the national rate. Among the 7 mapped neighborhoods of Chelsea, it ranks #3 by risk, the middle third.
One tract means one number: 8.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
8.8
High
1 tracts · population-weighted
Chelsea Square vs ChelseaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority80%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport69%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Chelsea Square
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
234Total filings (sum)
4.77%Avg annual filing rate
4.3%Peak year (2016)
4.27%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
166Total filings 2020-21
3.5Avg monthly observed
4.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.83×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 Chelsea Square
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.1%Housing insecurity
13.5%Utility shutoff threat
26.1%Food insecurity
27.1%SNAP enrollment
13.4%No health insurance
28.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Chelsea Square
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Chelsea Square?
Chelsea Square scores 8.8/10 (High tier) across 1 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 Chelsea Square compare to Chelsea overall?
Chelsea Square scores 1.0 points higher than Chelsea overall (7.8/10). Renters spend 45% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,871 vs $1,956.
Q3
What is the average rent in Chelsea Square?
Average gross rent in Chelsea eviction risk Square is $1,871/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Chelsea Square residents are renters?
90% of Chelsea Square households are renter-occupied (vs 74% in Chelsea). The neighborhood has 3,281 residents.
Q5
Is Chelsea Square a high social-vulnerability area?
Chelsea Square sits in the 81st 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
How safe is Chelsea Square for landlords?
Chelsea eviction risk Square carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Chelsea as a whole (7.8/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Chelsea Square?
Chelsea Square has 3,356 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (56.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (29.2%), Other / Multiracial (7.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
