Green Island Eviction Risk: High , Worcester

Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 2.2 points above the Worcester County average of 5.8. 82% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

SNAP participation runs 34.0% against 15.2% nationally. Set annual rent against average income of $42,534 and the ratio lands at 38%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.

The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 2.3/10.

Food insecurity runs 30.5% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, economic stress reads 7.1/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 36 filings here across 1 tracked years. On the high side, local political climate reads 7/10. At $1,349 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Worcester commands.

Filings peaked in 2015 at 5.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.