Within neighborhood
71
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Pill Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Boston
Tract 25025981800 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 46 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
The Elevated-tier score of 6.1/10 for census tract 25025981800 reflects conditions in the Pill Hill area of Boston, Massachusetts. That is riskier than about 78% of US census tracts.
About 0% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 60% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 100%
Tract context
Occupied units17
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate0.0%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Boston and the region
Centroid at 42.3231, -71.1170 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pill Hill scores 5.5
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
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Pill Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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
- 38%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)
- 3Total filings over 3 yrs
- 0.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.0%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×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 Pill Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pill Hill
What moves this score most is 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 below the Suffolk County average of 6.7 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.00x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
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 25025981800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025981800?
Census tract 25025981800 in the Pill Hill neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the poverty rate in tract 25025981800?
0.0% of residents in tract 25025981800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 46.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25025981800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 72th, minority 84th, housing 34th.
Q4
Is tract 25025981800 considered part of Pill Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025981800 fall within Pill Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25025981800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 25025981800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.00% of renter households, peaking at 0.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 25025981800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.00× 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.
Q7
How does tract 25025981800 compare to Boston overall?
Tract 25025981800 scores 5.5/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 25025981800 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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