Within neighborhood
54
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,911 of 84,120 nationally
Dorchester Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Boston
Tract 25025060602 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 416 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
The Dorchester Heights area of Boston is where census tract 25025060602 sits, home to 416 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.8/10. It lands near the 92nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,410 monthly, set against $117,278 in average yearly household income, roughly 35% of income at the averages. About 96% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 4%
Tract context
Occupied units271
Renter share95.9%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$117,278
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
35
th percentile
Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.3441, -71.0461 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dorchester Heights scores 5.4
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
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$3,410 rent vs county FMR
7.0
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 Dorchester Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%Housing & transportation
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)
- 9Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.20×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 Dorchester 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.1%Food insecurity
- 8.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 2.7%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 16.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dorchester Heights
The heaviest input here 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 about the same as 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.20x 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 25025060602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025060602?
Census tract 25025060602 in the Dorchester Heights neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 25025060602?
Median gross rent is $3,410/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025060602?
5.3% of residents in tract 25025060602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 416.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025060602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 0th, minority 33th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 25025060602 considered part of Dorchester Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025060602 fall within Dorchester Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 25025060602 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.20× 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 25025060602 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25025060602 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025060602 scores 5.4/10, lower than 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.
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