Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Hill Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newton
Tract 25017374000 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 4,525 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 25017374000 covers part of the Oak Hill Park area of Newton, MA, and scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,639
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$212,991
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newton and the region
Centroid at 42.3020, -71.1942 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Hill Park scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Newton
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newton
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newton
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newton
3.9
How Oak Hill Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 12%Grade A
- 5%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 3Total filings over 2 yrs
- 0.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.8%Peak (2012)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 5 months.
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.
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.
- 5.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.5%Food insecurity
- 5.5%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 2.3%No health insurance
- 11.2%Frequent mental distress
- 21.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Hill Park
19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
SNAP participation runs 5.5% against 15.2% nationally. On the high side, regional political climate reads 7.3/10.
Housing insecurity runs 5.2% against 14.2% nationally. Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3 filings here across 2 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 0.8% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Newton. 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 0.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3/10, 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 25017374000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017374000?
Census tract 25017374000 in the Oak Hill Park neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 25017374000?
2.6% of residents in tract 25017374000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,525.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017374000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 23th, minority 49th, housing 60th.
Q4
Is tract 25017374000 considered part of Oak Hill Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017374000 fall within Oak Hill Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017374000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25017374000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.73% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 25017374000 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017374000 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.2% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25017374000 compare to Newton overall?
Tract 25017374000 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Newton at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 25017374000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
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6.1
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5.6
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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