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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,382 of 84,120 nationally

Highland Eviction Risk: High , Boston

Tract 25025981900 · Suffolk County, MA · pop 0 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 25025981900 covers ground in Boston, MA with no residents recorded in the ACS 5-year release. Tracts like this are typically water, parkland, airport or industrial land rather than housing.

Risk score
8.1
High
Confidence 45% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%
Tract context
SVI overall-10.00

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Highland
Very High
Within parent city
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#95 of 206 tracts In Boston
Moderate
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#107 of 234 tracts In Suffolk County
Moderate
Within state
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#201 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Boston and the region

Centroid at 42.2784, -71.1790 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland scores 8.1

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
this tract poverty rate
3.0
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 Highland compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Highland risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.1This tracttract 9819008.1Bostonparent city7.9Countyavg tract in county6.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: -1,000

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

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.00×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 Highland. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highland

It still carries a score of 8.1/10, but that figure is built entirely from the jurisdiction-level inputs it inherits from Boston eviction risk: statute speed, court posture and rent-regulation exposure. There are no households here to measure.

There is no rental market to underwrite inside this boundary. For a real address, use an adjacent tract.

Frequently asked

About tract 25025981900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25025981900?

Census tract 25025981900 in the Highland neighborhood scores 8.1/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

How socially vulnerable is tract 25025981900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority -1000th, housing -1000th.
Q3

Is tract 25025981900 considered part of Highland?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25025981900 fall within Highland (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q4

How does tract 25025981900 compare to Boston overall?

Tract 25025981900 scores 8.1/10, right in line with 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Boston

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

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