Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,657 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Bowdoin Eviction Risk: High , Boston
Tract 25025090100 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 5,345 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 25025090100 covers part of the Mount Bowdoin area of Boston, MA, and scores 9.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,345. 47% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
9.5
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,911
Renter share81.1%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate31.7%
Median income$37,198
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.3024, -71.0820 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Bowdoin scores 9.5
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
31.7% poverty · this tract
7.9
Supply constraint
$1,567 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 Mount Bowdoin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 100%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)
- 549Total filings over 5 yrs
- 7.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.7%Peak (2012)
- 98Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 19% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 215Total filings 2020-21
- 4.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.52×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 Mount Bowdoin. 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.
- 32.7%Housing insecurity
- 23.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 39.3%Food insecurity
- 48.1%SNAP enrollment
- 21.7%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 21.1%Frequent mental distress
- 38.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Bowdoin
Against Suffolk County at 47.0%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. Set annual rent against average income of $37,198 and the ratio lands at 51%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
This is renter territory: 81% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Housing insecurity runs 32.7% against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. Average gross rent is $1,567, 27% below the Boston average.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.7% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
It sits 1.6 points above the Suffolk County average of 7.9. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 549 filings here across 5 tracked years.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25025090100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025090100?
Census tract 25025090100 in the Mount Bowdoin neighborhood scores 9.5/10 (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 25025090100?
Median gross rent is $1,567/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025090100?
31.7% of residents in tract 25025090100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,345.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025090100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 99th, minority 93th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 25025090100 considered part of Mount Bowdoin?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025090100 fall within Mount Bowdoin (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025090100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 549 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025090100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.75% of renter households, peaking at 8.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25025090100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.52× 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 25025090100 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.7% 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. 23.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25025090100 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025090100 scores 9.5/10, 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 25025090100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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