Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Packard's Corner Eviction Risk: Lower , Brookline
Tract 25021400300 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,508 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 25021400300 covers the Packard's Corner area of Brookline in Massachusetts. Home to 4,508 residents, it scores 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 78% of US census tracts.
About 45% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,924 a month while the average household earns $161,382 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,787
Renter share39.6%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$161,382
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookline and the region
Centroid at 42.3470, -71.1270 · click any tract to drill in
Why Packard's Corner scores 3
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
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$2,924 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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 Packard's Corner compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
- 0%Grade B
- 100%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 Packard's 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.
- 5.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.9%Food insecurity
- 5.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 18.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Packard's Corner
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 in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 25021400300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021400300?
Census tract 25021400300 in the Packard's Corner neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 25021400300?
Median gross rent is $2,924/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021400300?
9.1% of residents in tract 25021400300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,508.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021400300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 19th, minority 50th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 25021400300 considered part of Packard's Corner?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021400300 fall within Packard's Corner (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021400300 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.8% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021400300 compare to Brookline overall?
Tract 25021400300 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Brookline at 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.
Q8
Was tract 25021400300 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.
Tract · MA
Packard's Corner
5
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
Brookline Village
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
Corey Hill
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
Audubon Circle
4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
Pill Hill
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MA
Coolidge Corner
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MA
Brookline Village
3.1
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MA
Putterham
2.8
/ 10 · Low
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