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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally

Squantum Eviction Risk: Elevated , Quincy

Tract 25021417400 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 3,150 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

Tract 25021417400 sits in the Squantum area of Quincy eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.5/10. It is home to 3,150 residents. 24% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Norfolk County average of 48.1%.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 15% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,113
Renter share20.3%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$140,781

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Squantum
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#23 of 23 tracts In Quincy
Very Low
Within county
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#50 of 154 tracts In Norfolk County
Elevated
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#709 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Quincy and the region

Centroid at 42.3050, -70.9890 · click any tract to drill in

Why Squantum scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,530 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Squantum compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Squantum risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.5This tracttract 4174007.1Quincyparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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.

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 Squantum

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10.

Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10.

Average gross rent is $2,530, 19% above the Quincy average. Food insecurity runs 8.9% against 17.8% nationally.

Against the Norfolk County average of 5.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 3.8% against 11.3% nationally.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Quincy. 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 #15,451 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 20% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 1.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25021417400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021417400?

Census tract 25021417400 in the Squantum neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 25021417400?

Median gross rent is $2,530/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021417400?

4.6% of residents in tract 25021417400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,150.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021417400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 10th, minority 33th, housing 26th.
Q5

Is tract 25021417400 considered part of Squantum?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021417400 fall within Squantum (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 25021417400 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.9% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25021417400 compare to Quincy overall?

Tract 25021417400 scores 6.5/10, lower than the parent city of Quincy at 7.1/10. 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 25021417400 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 Quincy

Top eight tracts in Quincy ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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