Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,036 of 84,120 nationally
Savin Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Boston
Tract 25025090901 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 3,087 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Eviction risk in Savin Hill in Boston centers on tract 25025090901, which scores 7.5/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 3,087 residents. That is riskier than about 99% of US census tracts.
About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,212 monthly, set against $55,096 in average yearly household income, roughly 48% of income at the averages. Renters make up 100% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 59%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units1,427
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate36.1%
Median income$55,096
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.3172, -71.0446 · click any tract to drill in
Why Savin Hill scores 7.2
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
36.1% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$2,212 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Savin Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 583Total filings over 5 yrs
- 8.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.2%Peak (2016)
- 189Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 250% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 159Total filings 2020-21
- 3.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.32×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 Savin 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.
- 19.3%Housing insecurity
- 12.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 26.7%Food insecurity
- 29.0%SNAP enrollment
- 15.8%Transit barriers
- 7.8%No health insurance
- 20.2%Frequent mental distress
- 28.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Savin Hill
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 583 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 8.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.2% of renter households in 2016.
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 25025090901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025090901?
Census tract 25025090901 in the Savin Hill neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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
What is the average rent in tract 25025090901?
Median gross rent is $2,212/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025090901?
36.1% of residents in tract 25025090901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,087.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025090901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 40th, minority 82th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 25025090901 considered part of Savin Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025090901 fall within Savin Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025090901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 583 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025090901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.15% of renter households, peaking at 13.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25025090901 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.32× 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 25025090901 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.3% 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. 12.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25025090901 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025090901 scores 7.2/10, right in line with 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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