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Dorchester Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Boston

Tract 25025061202 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 0 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 25025061202 covers part of Boston, Massachusetts, but it has little or no resident population in the latest Census count. Tracts like this usually fall over parks, water, industrial land, or institutional grounds, so there is no household-level rent or eviction profile to report. Its eviction-risk score of 6.3/10 reflects the surrounding county and state framework rather than local renters.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 45% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%
Tract context
SVI overall-10.00

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 14 tracts In Dorchester Heights
High
Within parent city
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#97 of 206 tracts In Boston
Moderate
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#107 of 234 tracts In Suffolk County
Moderate
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#310 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Boston and the region

Centroid at 42.3388, -71.0625 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dorchester Heights scores 6.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
this tract poverty rate
3.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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.
Dorchester Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 061202Boston: 7.17.1Bostonparent cityCounty: 6.06.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.05.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: -1,000

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 0Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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 Dorchester Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Tract · MA
Dorchester Heights
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Dorchester Heights
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
Dorchester Heights
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
Dorchester Heights
6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Frequently asked

About tract 25025061202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025061202?

Census tract 25025061202 in the Dorchester Heights neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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

How socially vulnerable is tract 25025061202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority -1000th, housing -1000th.
Q3

Is tract 25025061202 considered part of Dorchester Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025061202 fall within Dorchester Heights (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q4

How does tract 25025061202 compare to Boston overall?

Tract 25025061202 scores 6.1/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Boston

Top eight tracts in Boston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Tract · MA
Frederick Douglass Square Historic District
8.4
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Packard's Corner
8.2
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Frederick Douglass Square Historic District
8.2
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Frederick Douglass Square Historic District
8.2
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Nubian Square
8.1
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Mount Bowdoin
8.1
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Pill Hill
8.1
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
Dorchester Heights
8.1
/ 10 · High
Related
Parent city ↑
Boston
7.1 / 10
Parent county ↑
Suffolk County
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Parent state ↑
Massachusetts
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Methodology
How the score is built
10 sub-signals · weighting · sources
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