Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Cottage Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Winthrop Town
Tract 25025180500 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 4,031 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 25025180500 sits in the Cottage Hill area of Winthrop Town, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. On the national scale it ranks #23,824 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,129 monthly, set against $113,214 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,862
Renter share45.0%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$113,214
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Winthrop Town and the region
Centroid at 42.3674, -70.9716 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cottage Hill scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Winthrop Town
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,129 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Winthrop Town
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Winthrop Town
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Winthrop Town
5.0
How Cottage Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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
- 51%Grade C
- 30%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)
- 104Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2013)
- 23Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 68Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.78×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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.
- 9.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 15.5%Frequent mental distress
- 21.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cottage Hill
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 6.1/10. 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 Winthrop Town, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Suffolk County average of 6.7 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 104 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 2.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.4% of renter households in 2013.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.78x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25025180500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025180500?
Census tract 25025180500 in the Cottage Hill neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 25025180500?
Median gross rent is $2,129/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025180500?
6.3% of residents in tract 25025180500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,031.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025180500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 28th, minority 38th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 25025180500 considered part of Cottage Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025180500 fall within Cottage Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025180500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 104 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025180500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.18% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25025180500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.78× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 25025180500 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.6% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25025180500 compare to Winthrop Town overall?
Tract 25025180500 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Winthrop Town at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Winthrop Town; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 25025180500 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. 30% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Winthrop Town
Top eight tracts in Winthrop Town ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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