Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Waterfront Eviction Risk: Lower , Boston
Tract 25025060604 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 2,772 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Here is how census tract 25025060604, in the Waterfront area of Boston eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 6.4/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 2,772. On the national scale it ranks #12,579 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $3,501 a month while the average household earns $218,982 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 79% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 50%
Owners 21%
Tract context
Occupied units2,025
Renter share79.3%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$218,982
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.3514, -71.0402 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waterfront scores 3.9
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
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
7.3
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 Waterfront compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 42Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 3.23×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 Waterfront. 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.
- 5.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 4.5%Food insecurity
- 4.2%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 2.1%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 13.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waterfront
The score leans hardest on 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 3.23x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
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 25025060604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025060604?
Census tract 25025060604 in the Waterfront neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 25025060604?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025060604?
1.3% of residents in tract 25025060604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,772.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025060604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 1th, minority 36th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 25025060604 considered part of Waterfront?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025060604 fall within Waterfront (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 25025060604 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 3.23× 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.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25025060604 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.8% 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. 3.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25025060604 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025060604 scores 3.9/10, 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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