Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally

Buttonwood Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Boston

Tract 25025120105 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 2,471 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

With a score of 6.5/10, tract 25025120105 in the Buttonwood Village neighborhood of Boston ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,471 residents. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $3,501 monthly, set against $191,397 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 8% Owners 87%

Tract context

Occupied units941

Renter share13.1%

SVI overall0.25

Poverty rate8.8%

Median income$191,397

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Boston and the region

Centroid at 42.3087, -71.1263 · click any tract to drill in

Why Buttonwood Village scores 4.3

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

8.8% poverty · this tract

2.2

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 Buttonwood Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

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

13%Socioeconomic
40%Household composition
38%Racial/ethnic minority
43%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

94%Grade A
0%Grade B
0%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)

5Total filings over 3 yrs
2.35%Avg annual filing rate
2.8%Peak (2012)
1Filings in 2014 (latest validated)

Filings by year 2012 to 2016

Filings dropped 100% over the past 5 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

3Total filings 2020-21
0.1Avg monthly (observed)
0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.86×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

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.

5.7%Housing insecurity
3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
5.8%Food insecurity
6.3%SNAP enrollment
4.3%Transit barriers
2.4%No health insurance
11.7%Frequent mental distress
21.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Buttonwood Village

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 5.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 5 eviction filings here over 3 tracked years, with about 2.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.8% of renter households in 2012.

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 25025120105

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025120105?

Census tract 25025120105 in the Buttonwood Village neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25025120105?

Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25025120105?

8.8% of residents in tract 25025120105 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,471.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25025120105?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 40th, minority 38th, housing 43th.

Is tract 25025120105 considered part of Buttonwood Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025120105 fall within Buttonwood Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025120105?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 25025120105 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.35% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Did eviction filings in tract 25025120105 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.86× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.

What share of households in tract 25025120105 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.7% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25025120105 compare to Boston overall?

Tract 25025120105 scores 4.3/10, 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.

Q10

Was tract 25025120105 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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

Highest-risk tracts in Boston

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org