Within neighborhood
88
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,733 of 84,120 nationally
Audubon Circle Eviction Risk: Elevated , Boston
Tract 25025010103 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 3,397 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 7.4/10, tract 25025010103 in the Audubon Circle neighborhood of Boston ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,397 residents. It lands near the 98th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 71% of renter households, a severe level, and 56% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,399 a month while the average household earns $45,000 a year, roughly 64% of income at the averages. Renters make up 78% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 55%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units364
Renter share78.3%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate28.3%
Median income$45,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.3499, -71.1035 · click any tract to drill in
Why Audubon Circle scores 7.3
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
28.3% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$2,399 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Audubon Circle compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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
- 9%Grade B
- 1%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)
- 2Total filings over 2 yrs
- 0.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.3%Peak (2014)
- 1Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 3Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Audubon Circle. 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.
- 13.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.0%Food insecurity
- 16.6%SNAP enrollment
- 14.1%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 25.8%Frequent mental distress
- 25.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Audubon Circle
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. 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 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.
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.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 51st 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.
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 25025010103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025010103?
Census tract 25025010103 in the Audubon Circle neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 25025010103?
Median gross rent is $2,399/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025010103?
28.3% of residents in tract 25025010103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,397.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025010103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 1th, minority 63th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 25025010103 considered part of Audubon Circle?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025010103 fall within Audubon Circle (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025010103?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 25025010103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.25% of renter households, peaking at 0.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25025010103 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.00× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 25025010103 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.7% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25025010103 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025010103 scores 7.3/10, 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.
Q10
Was tract 25025010103 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.
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