1 census tracts · pop 5,489 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.7/10
· range 4.7–4.7
Winthrop Highlands is a one-tract neighborhood of Winthrop Town, MA and houses 5,489 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 4.7/10, Moderate tier. Against a Winthrop Town baseline of 31.8%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 1.5/10. Running cool is economic stress, at 1.6/10.
Court records for this tract carry 81 eviction filings. 11% 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. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 1.7% of renter households.
At $1,838 a month, rents sit 11% under what the rest of Winthrop Town commands. 4.9% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Recent filings have not receded much: 1.1% in 2016 against a 1.7% peak. For a like-for-like read, Cottage Park and Cottage Hill score within a fraction of it.
Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $95,306.
57% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 4.7/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Winthrop Highlands vs Winthrop TownHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority58%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport77%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Winthrop Highlands
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
81Total filings (sum)
1.32%Avg annual filing rate
1.7%Peak year (2015)
1.06%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
33Total filings 2020-21
0.7Avg monthly observed
1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.49×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 Winthrop Highlands
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
10.2%Housing insecurity
6.5%Utility shutoff threat
10.9%Food insecurity
12.5%SNAP enrollment
4.9%No health insurance
27.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Winthrop Highlands
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Winthrop Highlands?
Winthrop Highlands scores 4.7/10 (Moderate 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 Winthrop Highlands compare to Winthrop Town overall?
Winthrop Highlands scores 1.2 points lower than Winthrop Town overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,838 vs $2,064.
Q3
What is the average rent in Winthrop Highlands?
Average gross rent in Winthrop Highlands is $1,838/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Winthrop Highlands residents are renters?
57% of Winthrop Highlands households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Winthrop Town). The neighborhood has 5,489 residents.
Q5
Is Winthrop Highlands a high social-vulnerability area?
Winthrop Highlands sits in the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Winthrop Highlands for landlords?
Winthrop Highlands carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.7/10). 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 Winthrop Town as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Winthrop Highlands?
Winthrop Highlands has 5,301 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (57.8%), Hispanic / Latino (24.3%), Other / Multiracial (8.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
