Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Prattville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Revere
Tract 25025160602 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 5,137 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Here is how census tract 25025160602, in Prattville in Revere eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 6.7/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 5,137. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 61% of renter households, a severe level, and 44% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,786 a month against an average household income of $75,985 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,631
Renter share50.5%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate16.6%
Median income$75,985
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Revere and the region
Centroid at 42.4073, -71.0329 · click any tract to drill in
Why Prattville scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Revere
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
16.6% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,786 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Revere
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Revere
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Revere
7.9
How Prattville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 98%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 150Total filings over 5 yrs
- 3.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2016)
- 40Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 60% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 74Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.64×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Prattville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 23.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.8%Food insecurity
- 28.3%SNAP enrollment
- 14.6%Transit barriers
- 13.5%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Prattville
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Revere eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Suffolk County average of 6.7 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.64x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
In CDC survey modeling, about 23.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25025160602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025160602?
Census tract 25025160602 in the Prattville neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 25025160602?
Median gross rent is $1,786/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025160602?
16.6% of residents in tract 25025160602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,137.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025160602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 84th, minority 80th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 25025160602 considered part of Prattville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025160602 fall within Prattville (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025160602?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 150 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025160602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.11% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25025160602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 25025160602 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.4% 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. 13.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25025160602 compare to Revere overall?
Tract 25025160602 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Revere at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Revere eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 25025160602 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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