Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,888 of 84,120 nationally
Inman Square Eviction Risk: High , Cambridge
Tract 25017352800 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 1,921 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 25017352800 covers part of the Inman Square area of Cambridge, MA, and scores 8.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,921 residents. It sits 2.4 points above the Middlesex County average of 6.3.
Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 33%
Tract context
Occupied units796
Renter share67.6%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$118,333
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cambridge and the region
Centroid at 42.3718, -71.0963 · click any tract to drill in
Why Inman Square scores 8.7
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
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$2,512 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Inman Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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
- 100%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 49Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2016)
- 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-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 Inman 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.
- 9.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 9.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 16.2%Frequent mental distress
- 20.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Inman Square
The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally. The filing record is not thin: 49 evictions over 5 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.1% against 11.3% nationally.
At $2,512 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Cambridge commands. The worst year on record was 2016, when 2.1% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Cambridge. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 94th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017352800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017352800?
Census tract 25017352800 in the Inman Square neighborhood scores 8.7/10 (High 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 25017352800?
Median gross rent is $2,512/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017352800?
6.1% of residents in tract 25017352800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,921.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017352800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 5th, minority 65th, housing 32th.
Q5
Is tract 25017352800 considered part of Inman Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017352800 fall within Inman Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017352800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 49 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017352800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.77% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25017352800 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 25017352800 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.3% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25017352800 compare to Cambridge overall?
Tract 25017352800 scores 8.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Cambridge at 8.9/10. 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 25017352800 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. 100% 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 Cambridge
Top eight tracts in Cambridge ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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Harvard Yard
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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Harvard Yard
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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Brickbottom
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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Old Cambridge
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · MA
Harlow Square
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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Inman Square
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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Huron Village
9.9
/ 10 · Very High
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