2 census tracts · pop 8,169 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.9/10
· range 5.4–8
Piedmont is a 2-tract neighborhood of Worcester, MA and houses 8,169 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6.9/10, in the Elevated tier. Against a Worcester baseline of 32.0%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.4 to 8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. This is a renter market: 74% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 2.1/10. SNAP participation is 30.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 16%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
The poverty rate is 23%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 114 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7/10.
14.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. At $1,312 a month, rents sit 12% under what the rest of Worcester commands.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 6.6% of renter households. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10.
Among the 17 mapped neighborhoods of Worcester, it ranks #13 by risk, the lower third. Judgments average 1.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.9 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Piedmont vs WorcesterHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority72%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport60%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Piedmont
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
114Total filings (sum)
4.66%Avg annual filing rate
6.6%Peak year (2015)
4.66%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Piedmont
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
22.4%Housing insecurity
15.4%Utility shutoff threat
29.5%Food insecurity
33.4%SNAP enrollment
12.5%No health insurance
35.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Piedmont
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Piedmont?
Piedmont scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Piedmont compare to Worcester overall?
Piedmont scores 0.3 points higher than Worcester overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,312 vs $1,487.
Q3
What is the average rent in Piedmont?
Average gross rent in Piedmont is $1,312/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Piedmont residents are renters?
74% of Piedmont households are renter-occupied (vs 57% in Worcester). The neighborhood has 8,169 residents.
Q5
Is Piedmont a high social-vulnerability area?
Piedmont sits in the 66th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Piedmont have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Piedmont is census tract 25027731400 (score 8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 8, a spread of 2.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Piedmont for landlords?
Piedmont carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.9/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Worcester as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Piedmont?
Piedmont has 8,650 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (44.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (32.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (9.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
