Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Coolidge Corner Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brookline
Tract 25021400201 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 3,283 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 25021400201 sits in the Coolidge Corner area of Brookline eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. It is home to 3,283 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,673
Renter share63.7%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$121,133
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookline and the region
Centroid at 42.3439, -71.1194 · click any tract to drill in
Why Coolidge Corner scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,788 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 Coolidge Corner compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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
- 2%Grade B
- 98%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
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 Coolidge Corner. 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.
- 5.6%Housing insecurity
- 3.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 2.7%No health insurance
- 13.1%Frequent mental distress
- 18.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Coolidge Corner
21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against Norfolk County at 48.1%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10.
It sits 1.5 points above the Norfolk County average of 5.6. Disability prevalence runs 18.8% against 31.5% nationally.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.6% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #12,481 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 3.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021400201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021400201?
Census tract 25021400201 in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25021400201?
Median gross rent is $2,788/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021400201?
7.9% of residents in tract 25021400201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,283.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021400201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 15th, minority 46th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 25021400201 considered part of Coolidge Corner?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021400201 fall within Coolidge Corner (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021400201 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.6% 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. 3.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021400201 compare to Brookline overall?
Tract 25021400201 scores 7.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Brookline at 7.1/10. 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.
Q8
Was tract 25021400201 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. 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.
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Packard's Corner
8.5
/ 10 · High
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Corey Hill
8.5
/ 10 · High
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Brookline Village
8.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Audubon Circle
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Pill Hill
7.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Brookline Village
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Packard's Corner
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Aspinwall Hill
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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