Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,404 of 84,120 nationally
Harlow Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Cambridge
Tract 25017352300 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 4,971 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 25017352300 sits in the Harlow Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It has a population of 4,971 and an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10 (Moderate tier). 36% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 20% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $3,501/month against a median household income of $174,310 — roughly 24% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 52%
Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units2,374
Renter share82.4%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$174,310
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cambridge and the region
Centroid at 42.3662, -71.0835 · click any tract to drill in
Why Harlow Square scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cambridge
9.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
7.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cambridge
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cambridge
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cambridge
8.0
How Harlow Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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
- 0%Grade C
- 19%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)
- 88Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2014)
- 18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 38% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-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 Harlow 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.
- 7.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.5%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 3.0%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 16.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About tract 25017352300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017352300?
Census tract 25017352300 in the Harlow Square neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 25017352300?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017352300?
5.4% of residents in tract 25017352300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,971.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017352300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 1th, minority 64th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 25017352300 considered part of Harlow Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017352300 fall within Harlow Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017352300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 88 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017352300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.12% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25017352300 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 25017352300 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.3% 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. 4.2% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25017352300 compare to Cambridge overall?
Tract 25017352300 scores 5.9/10 — lower than the parent city of Cambridge at 8.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cambridge eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 25017352300 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. 19% 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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