Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,888 of 84,120 nationally
Cleveland Circle Eviction Risk: High , Boston
Tract 25025000502 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 5,382 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
25025000502 is a census tract in the Cleveland Circle area of Boston, MA. It scores 8.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,382. 83% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 17%
Tract context
Occupied units1,737
Renter share83.5%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$82,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.3315, -71.1575 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cleveland Circle scores 8.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Boston
8.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.2
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,974 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Boston
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
8.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Boston
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Boston
8.0
How Cleveland Circle compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 51%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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
- 1%Grade B
- 9%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 37Total filings over 5 yrs
- 0.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.8%Peak (2012)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 73% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 29Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.17×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. 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.
- 11.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 12.4%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 22.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cleveland Circle
The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.5/10. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records carry 37 eviction filings across 5 observed years. It sits 0.8 points above the Suffolk County average of 7.9. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 0.8% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Brookline. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
At $1,974 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Boston commands. In a typical year about 0.5% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25025000502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025000502?
Census tract 25025000502 in the Cleveland Circle neighborhood scores 8.7/10 (High 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 25025000502?
Median gross rent is $1,974/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025000502?
20.1% of residents in tract 25025000502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,382.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025000502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 4th, minority 51th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 25025000502 considered part of Cleveland Circle?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025000502 fall within Cleveland Circle (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025000502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025000502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.52% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25025000502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.17× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 25025000502 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.0% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25025000502 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025000502 scores 8.7/10, higher than the parent city of Boston at 8.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Boston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 25025000502 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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