Neighborhood · Ranked #20,273 of 84,120 nationally

Audubon Circle Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brookline

Tract 25021400100 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 5,329 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

The Audubon Circle area of Brookline anchors census tract 25021400100, which lands at 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #12,565 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,737 monthly, set against $105,083 in average yearly household income, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 65% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 28% Owners 35%

Tract context

Occupied units2,546

Renter share64.7%

SVI overall0.59

Poverty rate15.8%

Median income$105,083

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Brookline and the region

Centroid at 42.3468, -71.1126 · click any tract to drill in

Why Audubon Circle scores 6.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Brookline

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

6.8

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

15.8% poverty · this tract

3.9

Supply constraint

$2,737 rent vs county FMR

4.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Brookline

5.9

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.1

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Brookline

9.4

Housing court bias

Inherited from Brookline

5.5

How Audubon Circle compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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

49%Socioeconomic
15%Household composition
59%Racial/ethnic minority
90%Housing & transportation

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.

0%Grade A
64%Grade B
36%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

0Total filings 2020-21
0.0Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

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.

8.5%Housing insecurity
5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
9.8%Food insecurity
10.9%SNAP enrollment
6.8%Transit barriers
3.9%No health insurance
15.7%Frequent mental distress
22.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Audubon Circle

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 Brookline eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Norfolk County average of 5.6 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 25021400100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021400100?

Census tract 25021400100 in the Audubon Circle neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25021400100?

Median gross rent is $2,737/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021400100?

15.8% of residents in tract 25021400100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,329.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021400100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 15th, minority 59th, housing 90th.

Is tract 25021400100 considered part of Audubon Circle?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021400100 fall within Audubon Circle (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25021400100 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25021400100 compare to Brookline overall?

Tract 25021400100 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of Brookline at 5.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brookline eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25021400100 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 Brookline

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