Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Coolidge Corner Eviction Risk: Lower , Brookline
Tract 25021400800 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 5,863 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of $1/10, tract 25021400800 in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood of Brookline ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 5,863 residents. On the national scale it ranks #21,115 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,746 a month against an average household income of $131,731 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units2,586
Renter share57.0%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$131,731
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
21
th percentile
Low
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookline and the region
Centroid at 42.3388, -71.1174 · click any tract to drill in
Why Coolidge Corner scores 2.8
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
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,746 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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
- 5%Grade B
- 96%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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.5%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 3.0%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 18.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Coolidge Corner
The heaviest input here is 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.
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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 25021400800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021400800?
Census tract 25021400800 in the Coolidge Corner neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 25021400800?
Median gross rent is $2,746/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021400800?
6.4% of residents in tract 25021400800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,863.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021400800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 6th, minority 50th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 25021400800 considered part of Coolidge Corner?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021400800 fall within Coolidge Corner (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021400800 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021400800 compare to Brookline overall?
Tract 25021400800 scores 2.8/10, 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 25021400800 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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5
/ 10 · Moderate
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Brookline Village
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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Corey Hill
4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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Audubon Circle
4
/ 10 · Moderate
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Pill Hill
3.2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · MA
Coolidge Corner
3.1
/ 10 · Low
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Brookline Village
3.1
/ 10 · Low
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Packard's Corner
3
/ 10 · Low
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