Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Auburn Eviction Risk: Lower , Belmont
Tract 25017370301 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 4,374 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Here is how census tract 25017370301, in Mount Auburn in Belmont, looks to a landlord: a 4.8/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 4,374. That is riskier than roughly 32% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,370 a month while the average household earns $123,983 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,981
Renter share50.9%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$123,983
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Belmont and the region
Centroid at 42.3715, -71.1501 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Auburn scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Belmont
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$2,370 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Belmont
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Belmont
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Belmont
5.0
How Mount Auburn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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
- 13%Grade B
- 28%Grade C
- 9%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)
- 0.0Pre-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 Mount Auburn. 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.
- 9.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.1%Food insecurity
- 10.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.4%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Auburn
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 Belmont, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 27th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017370301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017370301?
Census tract 25017370301 in the Mount Auburn neighborhood scores 2.1/10 (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 25017370301?
Median gross rent is $2,370/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017370301?
6.9% of residents in tract 25017370301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,374.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017370301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 55th, minority 42th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 25017370301 considered part of Mount Auburn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017370301 fall within Mount Auburn (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017370301 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.2% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017370301 compare to Belmont overall?
Tract 25017370301 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Belmont at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Belmont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 25017370301 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. 9% 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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