Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,396 of 84,120 nationally
Allston Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Boston
Tract 25025000604 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 2,347 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Here is how census tract 25025000604, in Allston Heights in Boston eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 7.5/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 2,347. On the national scale it ranks #1,195 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 45% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,194 a month while the average household earns $60,060 a year, roughly 44% of income at the averages. About 81% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,175
Renter share80.5%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate36.1%
Median income$60,060
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.3510, -71.1398 · click any tract to drill in
Why Allston Heights scores 7.1
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
36.1% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$2,194 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Allston Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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
- 0%Grade B
- 100%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)
- 74Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Allston Heights. 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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.5%Food insecurity
- 18.9%SNAP enrollment
- 11.1%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Allston Heights
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Boston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Suffolk County average of 6.7 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 53rd 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.00x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25025000604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025000604?
Census tract 25025000604 in the Allston Heights neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 25025000604?
Median gross rent is $2,194/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025000604?
36.1% of residents in tract 25025000604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,347.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025000604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 13th, minority 65th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 25025000604 considered part of Allston Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025000604 fall within Allston Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 25025000604 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.00× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25025000604 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25025000604 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025000604 scores 7.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Boston at 7.1/10. 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.
Q9
Was tract 25025000604 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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