Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #38,706 of 84,120 nationally
Ten Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Somerville
Tract 25017350106 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 1,864 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 25017350106, home to 1,864 residents in the Ten Hills area of Somerville, scores 6.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 80th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
48% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,433 monthly, set against $139,688 in average yearly household income, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 94% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45%
Stable renters 49%
Owners 6%
Tract context
Occupied units1,217
Renter share94.2%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$139,688
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Somerville and the region
Centroid at 42.3936, -71.0798 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ten Hills scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Somerville
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$3,433 rent vs county FMR
7.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Somerville
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Somerville
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Somerville
8.0
How Ten Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 1%Grade C
- 1%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×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 Ten Hills. 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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 3.3%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 16.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ten Hills
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $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 Somerville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and in line with 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 0.00x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 1% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 25017350106
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017350106?
Census tract 25017350106 in the Ten Hills neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 25017350106?
Median gross rent is $3,433/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017350106?
10.4% of residents in tract 25017350106 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,864.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017350106?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 2th, minority 59th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 25017350106 considered part of Ten Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017350106 fall within Ten Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 25017350106 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.00× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017350106 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017350106 compare to Somerville overall?
Tract 25017350106 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Somerville at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Somerville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 25017350106 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 1% 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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/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.9
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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