2 census tracts · pop 11,811 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.4/10
· range 5.9–9.2
Mill Hill takes in 2 census tracts of Chelsea, MA and houses 11,811 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.4/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 60% against 34.7% citywide, putting Mill Hill 25.7% over its own city.
Severe burden reaches 34%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.9 to 9.2, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 1.3/10. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 8/10. Food insecurity affects 30.2% of adults, 12.4 points above the national rate.
Court records carry 378 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. 15.6% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Average gross rent is $1,723, 12% below the Chelsea average of $1,956. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 6.5% of renter households. That places it #8 of 7 neighborhoods in Chelsea.
Judgments average 1.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Cary Square and Admirals Hill. Social vulnerability runs high at 8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $80,483.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 3.3 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Mill Hill vs ChelseaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority78%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport83%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Mill Hill
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
378Total filings (sum)
3.40%Avg annual filing rate
6.5%Peak year (2016)
3.77%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
205Total filings 2020-21
2.1Avg monthly observed
2.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.77×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 Mill Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
24.7%Housing insecurity
15.2%Utility shutoff threat
29.4%Food insecurity
32.1%SNAP enrollment
14.7%No health insurance
33.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Mill Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Mill Hill?
Mill Hill scores 7.4/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Mill Hill compare to Chelsea overall?
Mill Hill scores 0.4 points lower than Chelsea overall (7.8/10). Renters spend 60% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,723 vs $1,956.
Q3
What is the average rent in Mill Hill?
Average gross rent in Mill Hill is $1,723/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Mill Hill residents are renters?
50% of Mill Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 74% in Chelsea). The neighborhood has 11,811 residents.
Q5
Is Mill Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Mill Hill sits in the 78th 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
Which tracts in Mill Hill have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Mill Hill is census tract 25025160502 (score 9.2/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.9 to 9.2, a spread of 3.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Mill Hill for landlords?
Mill Hill carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Mill Hill?
Mill Hill has 11,321 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (50.5%), White (non-Hispanic) (28.1%), Other / Multiracial (13%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
