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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally

Avon Hill Eviction Risk: High , Cambridge

Tract 25017354500 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 2,296 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 25017354500 covers part of the Avon Hill area of Cambridge, MA, and scores 8.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,296 residents. The dominant input is local political climate at 9/10.

Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 22% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units907
Renter share40.0%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$203,906

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Avon Hill
Very Low
Within parent city
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#32 of 33 tracts In Cambridge
Very Low
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#54 of 357 tracts In Middlesex County
High
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#201 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Cambridge and the region

Centroid at 42.3847, -71.1250 · click any tract to drill in

Why Avon Hill scores 8.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,340 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Avon Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Avon Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.1This tracttract 3545008.9Cambridgeparent city6.3Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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

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.

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)

  • 27Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 0.72%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.2%Peak (2014)
  • 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25017354500
Filings dropped 57% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 0Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Avon Hill. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Avon Hill

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. It sits 1.8 points above the Middlesex County average of 6.3. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10.

16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Disability prevalence runs 19.4% against 31.5% nationally. At $2,340 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Cambridge commands.

Housing insecurity runs 5.3% against 14.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 27 filings here across 5 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2014 at 1.2% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #7,382 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017354500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017354500?

Census tract 25017354500 in the Avon Hill neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (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 25017354500?

Median gross rent is $2,340/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017354500?

3.4% of residents in tract 25017354500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,296.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017354500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 6th, minority 45th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 25017354500 considered part of Avon Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017354500 fall within Avon Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017354500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017354500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.72% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 25017354500 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 25017354500 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.3% 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. 3.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 25017354500 compare to Cambridge overall?

Tract 25017354500 scores 8.1/10, lower than 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 25017354500 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 Cambridge

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

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