Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
Athol Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25027703200 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,339 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Athol
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 25027703200 (Athol in Worcester County, Massachusetts) comes in at 6.8/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 92% of US census tracts.
45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,085 a month while the average household earns $69,167 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,372
Renter share21.0%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$69,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Athol and the region
Centroid at 42.6129, -72.2137 · click any tract to drill in
Why Athol scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Athol
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,085 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Athol
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Athol
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Athol
7.8
How Athol compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%Housing & transportation
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)
- 14Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2015)
- 14Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.8%Food insecurity
- 23.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Athol
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 Athol, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Worcester County average of 6.0 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 14 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 4.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.0% of renter households in 2015.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 25027703200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027703200?
Census tract 25027703200 in Athol scores 5.6/10 (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 average rent in tract 25027703200?
Median gross rent is $1,085/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027703200?
24.0% of residents in tract 25027703200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,339.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027703200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 33th, minority 20th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027703200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027703200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.98% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027703200 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027703200 compare to Athol overall?
Tract 25027703200 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Athol at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Athol; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Athol
Top eight tracts in Athol ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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