Neighborhood · Ranked #41,480 of 84,120 nationally

Teele Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Somerville

Tract 25017350600 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 5,056 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 25017350600, home to 5,056 residents in the Teele Square area of Somerville, scores 5.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,887 a month against an average household income of $153,542 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 59% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.7

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 39% Owners 41%

Tract context

Occupied units1,074

Renter share59.2%

SVI overall0.07

Poverty rate15.3%

Median income$153,542

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Somerville and the region

Centroid at 42.4046, -71.1220 · click any tract to drill in

Why Teele Square scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

15.3% poverty · this tract

3.8

Supply constraint

$2,887 rent vs county FMR

5.2

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 Teele Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

23%Socioeconomic
0%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
32%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
98%Grade B
2%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 · 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.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

8Total filings over 5 yrs
0.27%Avg annual filing rate
0.3%Peak (2012)
1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings dropped 50% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

0Total filings 2020-21
0.0Avg monthly (observed)
0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

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 Teele Square. 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.

9.7%Housing insecurity
5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
10.7%Food insecurity
10.2%SNAP enrollment
9.1%Transit barriers
3.8%No health insurance
20.8%Frequent mental distress
22.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Teele Square

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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 8 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 0.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.3% of renter households in 2012.

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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017350600

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017350600?

Census tract 25017350600 in the Teele Square neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25017350600?

Median gross rent is $2,887/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017350600?

15.3% of residents in tract 25017350600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,056.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017350600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 0th, minority 48th, housing 32th.

Is tract 25017350600 considered part of Teele Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017350600 fall within Teele Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017350600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017350600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.27% of renter households, peaking at 0.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 25017350600 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.

What share of households in tract 25017350600 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.7% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017350600 compare to Somerville overall?

Tract 25017350600 scores 4.7/10, right in line with 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.

Q10

Was tract 25017350600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Somerville

Top eight tracts in Somerville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.