Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Wollaston Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Quincy
Tract 25021417100 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 6,133 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Here is how census tract 25021417100, in Wollaston Heights in Quincy eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.9/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 6,133. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 66% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,882 a month against an average household income of $102,016 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,493
Renter share39.6%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$102,016
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Quincy and the region
Centroid at 42.2583, -71.0263 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wollaston Heights scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Quincy
8.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,882 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Quincy
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Quincy
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Quincy
5.8
How Wollaston Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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
- 10%Grade B
- 74%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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 15.0%Frequent mental distress
- 23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wollaston Heights
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 Quincy 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 43rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25021417100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021417100?
Census tract 25021417100 in the Wollaston Heights neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 25021417100?
Median gross rent is $1,882/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25021417100?
4.9% of residents in tract 25021417100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,133.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25021417100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 42th, minority 52th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 25021417100 considered part of Wollaston Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021417100 fall within Wollaston Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25021417100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25021417100 compare to Quincy overall?
Tract 25021417100 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Quincy at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Quincy eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 25021417100 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.
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