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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally

Bellevue Eviction Risk: Elevated , Boston

Tract 25025110607 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 5,271 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 6.7/10, tract 25025110607 in the Bellevue area of Boston, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,271. 29% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Suffolk County average of 47.0%.

Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 25% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,076
Renter share35.5%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$155,192

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Bellevue
Very Low
Within parent city
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#152 of 206 tracts In Boston
Low
Within county
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#198 of 234 tracts In Suffolk County
Very Low
Within state
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#604 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Boston and the region

Centroid at 42.2902, -71.1350 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bellevue scores 6.7

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
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,344 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Bellevue compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bellevue risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.7This tracttract 1106078.1Bostonparent city7.9Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

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

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.

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)

  • 74Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 2.15%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.6%Peak (2012)
  • 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2012 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 25025110607
Filings dropped 22% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 15Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.24×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Bellevue. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bellevue

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.5/10.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Against the Suffolk County average of 7.9, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Food insecurity runs 7.0% against 17.8% nationally.

Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 74 eviction filings across 5 observed years.

SNAP participation runs 7.6% against 15.2% nationally. At $2,344 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Boston commands. Filings peaked in 2012 at 2.6% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Boston. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 83rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25025110607

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025110607?

Census tract 25025110607 in the Bellevue neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 25025110607?

Median gross rent is $2,344/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25025110607?

5.0% of residents in tract 25025110607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,271.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25025110607?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 10th, minority 38th, housing 41th.
Q5

Is tract 25025110607 considered part of Bellevue?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025110607 fall within Bellevue (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025110607?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 74 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025110607 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.15% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 25025110607 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.24× 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 25025110607 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.4% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 25025110607 compare to Boston overall?

Tract 25025110607 scores 6.7/10, lower 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 25025110607 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.
Sibling tracts

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

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