Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Putterham Eviction Risk: Lower , Brookline
Tract 25021401201 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 5,587 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Eviction risk in the Putterham area of Brookline centers on tract 25021401201, which scores $1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 5,587 residents. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,436 monthly, set against $247,663 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,949
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$247,663
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
21
th percentile
Low
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookline and the region
Centroid at 42.3071, -71.1617 · click any tract to drill in
Why Putterham 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
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$3,436 rent vs county FMR
7.1
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 Putterham compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 45%Grade A
- 22%Grade B
- 0%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.
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
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.0%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.3%Transit barriers
- 2.5%No health insurance
- 11.8%Frequent mental distress
- 19.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Putterham
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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.6% 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 A ("Best"), 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 25021401201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021401201?
Census tract 25021401201 in the Putterham 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 25021401201?
Median gross rent is $3,436/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021401201?
7.0% of residents in tract 25021401201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,587.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021401201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 69th, minority 59th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 25021401201 considered part of Putterham?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021401201 fall within Putterham (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021401201 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021401201 compare to Brookline overall?
Tract 25021401201 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 25021401201 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Brookline
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5
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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4
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.2
/ 10 · Low
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3.1
/ 10 · Low
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3.1
/ 10 · Low
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3
/ 10 · Low
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