Central Square Eviction Risk: High , Cambridge

The score leans hardest on local political climate at 9/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10.

This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 8.5/10. 19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Food insecurity runs 10.4% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally.

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. Nationally it ranks #2,339 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.2/10. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 3.5 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 40% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.