Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Fairmount Eviction Risk: Elevated , Boston
Tract 25025140202 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 6,192 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 25025140202 covers part of the Fairmount area of Boston, MA, and scores 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,192 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,122
Renter share37.7%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate2.4%
Median income$111,910
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.2495, -71.1175 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairmount scores 6.7
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
2.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,229 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 Fairmount compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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
- 96%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)
- 131Total filings over 5 yrs
- 4.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.2%Peak (2014)
- 19Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 47% over the past 5 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 69Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.81×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Fairmount. 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.
- 15.0%Housing insecurity
- 9.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.1%Food insecurity
- 16.2%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 5.7%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairmount
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.5/10. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Cost burden runs 38% here against 47.0% across Suffolk County.
It sits 1.2 points below the Suffolk County average of 7.9. Court records carry 131 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 7.2% of renter households were served. 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 4.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #14,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25025140202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025140202?
Census tract 25025140202 in the Fairmount 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 25025140202?
Median gross rent is $2,229/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025140202?
2.4% of residents in tract 25025140202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,192.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025140202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 57th, minority 74th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 25025140202 considered part of Fairmount?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025140202 fall within Fairmount (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025140202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 131 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25025140202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.43% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 25025140202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.81× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Boston eviction risk, MA), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 25025140202 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.0% 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. 9.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 25025140202 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025140202 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 25025140202 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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