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Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally

Packard's Corner Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brookline

Tract 25021400300 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 4,508 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 25021400300 covers part of the Packard's Corner area of Brookline, MA, and scores 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,508 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score
6.9
Elevated
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 neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Packard's Corner
Very Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 15 tracts In Brookline
Moderate
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 154 tracts In Norfolk County
High
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#571 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
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 6.9

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
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.
Packard's Corner risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.9This tracttract 4003007.1Brooklineparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

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

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.

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
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Packard's Corner

Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.

Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.3/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 2.6% against 11.3% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 5.8% against 14.2% nationally.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Brookline. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #13,349 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. 45% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

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 6.9/10 (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 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 6.9/10, 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 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.

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