Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Poets' Corner Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newton
Tract 25017374300 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,757 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 25017374300 sits in the Poets' Corner area of Newton eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5/10. Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 20% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,282
Renter share4.3%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newton and the region
Centroid at 42.3253, -71.2358 · click any tract to drill in
Why Poets' Corner scores 5
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
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
7.3
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 Poets' Corner compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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.
- 63%Grade A
- 27%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 4Total filings over 2 yrs
- 0.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.9%Peak (2013)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-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.
- 4.1%Housing insecurity
- 2.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 3.7%Food insecurity
- 3.6%SNAP enrollment
- 3.2%Transit barriers
- 1.7%No health insurance
- 10.7%Frequent mental distress
- 19.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Poets' Corner
Average gross rent is $3,501, 48% above the Newton average. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
The voucher gap is 23.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Disability prevalence runs 19.0% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 1.3 points below the Middlesex County average of 6.3.
On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 7.3/10.
The filing record is not thin: 4 evictions over 2 years of observation. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 2.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2013 at 0.9% of renter households.
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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017374300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017374300?
Census tract 25017374300 in the Poets' Corner neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 average rent in tract 25017374300?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017374300?
0.8% of residents in tract 25017374300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,757.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017374300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 29th, minority 28th, housing 17th.
Q5
Is tract 25017374300 considered part of Poets' Corner?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017374300 fall within Poets' Corner (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017374300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25017374300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.88% of renter households, peaking at 0.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25017374300 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 25017374300 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.1% 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. 2.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25017374300 compare to Newton overall?
Tract 25017374300 scores 5/10, 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.
Q10
Was tract 25017374300 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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