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Neighborhood · Ware, MA

Ware Center Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 6,519 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10 · range 5.7–5.7

Ware Center Historic District is a one-tract neighborhood of Ware, MA and houses 6,519 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.7/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. 42% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.

The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.4/10. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8.5/10. Cost burden runs 42% against 34.8% citywide, putting Ware Center Historic District 7.4% over its own city.

Court records for this tract carry 381 eviction filings. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.6/10.

The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 12.0% of renter households. 4.7% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.

Average gross rent is $1,142, 10% above the Ware average of $1,039. Recent filings have not receded much: 8.0% in 2016 against a 12.0% peak. At 9% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.

Against average income of $93,274, annual rent is only 15%, a wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

One tract means one number: 5.7/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Ware Center Historic District vs Ware How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
42.2% +21%
Ware: 34.8%
Average gross rent
$1,142 +10%
Ware: $1,039
Average HH income
$93,274 +79%
Ware: $52,039
Poverty rate
5.5% -61%
Ware: 14.2%
Renter share
9.0% -79%
Ware: 42.6%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Ware Center Historic District and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5.7–5.7

Why Ware Center Historic District scores 5.7

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.3–7.3 across tracts
7.3
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts
6.3
Rent control risk
42% of income on rent · Range 7.3–7.3 across tracts
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.4–5.4 across tracts
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
9% renter households · Range 8.5–8.5 across tracts
8.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.9–6.9 across tracts
6.9
Economic stress
5.5% below poverty line · Range 1.4–1.4 across tracts
1.4
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.6–2.6 across tracts
2.6
Risk score comparison

Ware Center Historic District vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Ware Center Historic District score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.7Ware Center HistorNeighborhood6.4Parent cityhost city6.4Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Ware Center Historic District

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
25015820101 5.7 6,519 42% $1,142
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 25

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 27%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 59%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 6%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 25%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Ware Center Historic District

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 381Total filings (sum)
  • 7.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.0%Peak year (2012)
  • 7.97%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Ware Center Historic District

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Ware Center Historic District

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Ware Center Historic District?

Ware Center Historic District scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Ware Center Historic District compare to Ware overall?

Ware Center Historic District scores 0.7 points lower than Ware overall (6.4/10). Renters spend 42% of income on rent vs 35% citywide. Average rent: $1,142 vs $1,039.
Q3

What is the average rent in Ware Center Historic District?

Average gross rent in Ware Center Historic District is $1,142/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Ware Center Historic District residents are renters?

9% of Ware Center Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 43% in Ware). The neighborhood has 6,519 residents.
Q5

Is Ware Center Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?

Ware Center Historic District sits in the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Ware Center Historic District for landlords?

Ware Center Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Ware as a whole (6.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Ware Center Historic District?

Ware Center Historic District has 6,676 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (95%), Hispanic / Latino (3.5%), Other / Multiracial (1.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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