Neighborhood · Ranked #31,898 of 84,120 nationally

Quincy Center Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25021417702 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 2,875 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

How risky is the Quincy Center area of Quincy for landlords? Census tract 25021417702 scores 5.9/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #23,803 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

43% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,918 monthly, set against $131,724 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 20% Owners 65%

Tract context

Occupied units1,054

Renter share34.5%

SVI overall0.50

Poverty rate10.9%

Median income$131,724

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Quincy and the region

Centroid at 42.2583, -70.9887 · click any tract to drill in

Why Quincy Center scores 5.4

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

10.9% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$1,918 rent vs county FMR

1.8

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 Quincy Center compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

33%Socioeconomic
39%Household composition
33%Racial/ethnic minority
84%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
35%Grade B
5%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

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

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 Quincy Center. 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.

8.5%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
9.6%Food insecurity
11.2%SNAP enrollment
6.2%Transit barriers
3.8%No health insurance
15.2%Frequent mental distress
24.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Quincy Center

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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% 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 B ("Still Desirable"), 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 25021417702

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021417702?

Census tract 25021417702 in the Quincy Center neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25021417702?

Median gross rent is $1,918/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021417702?

10.9% of residents in tract 25021417702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,875.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021417702?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 39th, minority 33th, housing 84th.

Is tract 25021417702 considered part of Quincy Center?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021417702 fall within Quincy Center (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25021417702 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.5% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25021417702 compare to Quincy overall?

Tract 25021417702 scores 5.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Quincy at 5.6/10. 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.

Was tract 25021417702 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.