Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
Corey Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brookline
Tract 25021400402 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 2,077 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
25021400402 is a census tract in the Corey Hill area of Brookline, MA. It scores 6.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,077. Against Norfolk County at 48.1%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units732
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookline and the region
Centroid at 42.3419, -71.1352 · click any tract to drill in
Why Corey Hill scores 6.4
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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,808 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Corey Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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
- 13%Grade B
- 87%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 Corey Hill. 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.
- 5.4%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.2%Food insecurity
- 5.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 2.4%No health insurance
- 12.8%Frequent mental distress
- 18.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Corey Hill
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.
The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10.
Disability prevalence runs 18.1% against 31.5% nationally. It sits 0.8 points above the Norfolk County average of 5.6.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 3.5% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. 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. That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.3/10. Against average income of $250,001, annual rent is just 13%.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021400402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021400402?
Census tract 25021400402 in the Corey Hill 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25021400402?
Median gross rent is $2,808/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021400402?
3.8% of residents in tract 25021400402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,077.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021400402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 14th, minority 50th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 25021400402 considered part of Corey Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021400402 fall within Corey Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021400402 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.4% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021400402 compare to Brookline overall?
Tract 25021400402 scores 6.4/10, lower than 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 25021400402 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
Brookline Village
8.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Packard's Corner
8.5
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Corey Hill
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
Coolidge Corner
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Packard's Corner
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
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