Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,622 of 84,120 nationally
Eagle Hill Eviction Risk: High , Boston
Tract 25025050101 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 5,304 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
25025050101 is a census tract in the Eagle Hill area of Boston, MA. It scores 8.8/10 for landlords. At $1,003 a month, rents run 53% under what the rest of Boston commands.
Risk score
8.8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units1,749
Renter share69.2%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$65,662
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.3817, -71.0398 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eagle Hill scores 8.8
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
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,003 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Eagle Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 75%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)
- 205Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2013)
- 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 34% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 84Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×Ratio to 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 Eagle Hill. 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.
- 25.5%Housing insecurity
- 14.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.6%Food insecurity
- 32.0%SNAP enrollment
- 16.3%Transit barriers
- 16.5%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eagle Hill
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10.
This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Food insecurity runs 30.6% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Suffolk County average of 7.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 205 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.8% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Filings peaked in 2013 at 3.8% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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.
In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #4,622 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25025050101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025050101?
Census tract 25025050101 in the Eagle Hill neighborhood scores 8.8/10 (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 25025050101?
Median gross rent is $1,003/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025050101?
17.1% of residents in tract 25025050101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,304.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025050101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 79th, minority 80th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 25025050101 considered part of Eagle Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025050101 fall within Eagle Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025050101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 205 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025050101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.90% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25025050101 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 25025050101 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.5% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25025050101 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025050101 scores 8.8/10, 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 25025050101 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 75% 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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