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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Quincy Center Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25021417902 · Norfolk County, MA · pop 3,762 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

25021417902 is a census tract in the Quincy Center area of Quincy, MA. It scores 7.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,762 residents. Against Norfolk County at 48.1%, 25% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 42% Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,604
Renter share56.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate12.4%
Median income$110,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 10 tracts In Quincy Center
Elevated
Within parent city
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 23 tracts In Quincy
Elevated
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#15 of 154 tracts In Norfolk County
Very High
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#356 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Quincy and the region

Centroid at 42.2463, -70.9907 · click any tract to drill in

Why Quincy Center scores 7.8

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
12.4% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,984 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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.
Quincy Center risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.8This tracttract 4179027.1Quincyparent city5.6Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Quincy Center

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. It sits 2.2 points above the Norfolk County average of 5.6.

On the high side, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2/10.

Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

Nationally it ranks #9,043 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,984, close to the Quincy average.

Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $110,000. 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 25021417902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25021417902?

Census tract 25021417902 in the Quincy Center neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 25021417902?

Median gross rent is $1,984/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25021417902?

12.4% of residents in tract 25021417902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,762.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25021417902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 65th, minority 60th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 25021417902 considered part of Quincy Center?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25021417902 fall within Quincy Center (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 25021417902 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.9% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25021417902 compare to Quincy overall?

Tract 25021417902 scores 7.8/10, higher 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 25021417902 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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