Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Spring Hill Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Somerville
Tract 25017351102 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 2,088 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
In the Spring Hill Historic District area of Somerville, census tract 25017351102 scores 5.6/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,532 a month while the average household earns $114,063 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,006
Renter share62.8%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$114,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Somerville and the region
Centroid at 42.3852, -71.1050 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spring Hill Historic District scores 3.1
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
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,532 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Spring Hill Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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
- 79%Grade C
- 21%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-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 Spring Hill Historic District. 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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.6%Food insecurity
- 5.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 16.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spring Hill Historic District
The heaviest input here 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 below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Part of this tract, about 21% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017351102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017351102?
Census tract 25017351102 in the Spring Hill Historic District neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 25017351102?
Median gross rent is $2,532/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017351102?
4.7% of residents in tract 25017351102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,088.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017351102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 1th, minority 44th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 25017351102 considered part of Spring Hill Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017351102 fall within Spring Hill Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 25017351102 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 25017351102 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% 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. 4.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017351102 compare to Somerville overall?
Tract 25017351102 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Somerville at 6.6/10. 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 25017351102 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. 21% 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.
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6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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Brickbottom
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
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Winter Hill
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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East Somerville
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
East Somerville
3.7
/ 10 · Low
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Magoun Square
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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Teele Square
3.5
/ 10 · Low
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Teele Square
3.4
/ 10 · Low
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