Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Piedmont Eviction Risk: High , Worcester
Tract 25027731400 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,682 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 25027731400 covers part of the Piedmont area of Worcester, MA, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,682 residents. SNAP participation runs 49.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 5%
Tract context
Occupied units1,973
Renter share95.2%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate37.2%
Median income$37,621
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester and the region
Centroid at 42.2585, -71.8162 · click any tract to drill in
Why Piedmont scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Worcester
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
37.2% poverty · this tract
9.3
Supply constraint
$1,169 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Worcester
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Worcester
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Worcester
7.0
How Piedmont compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 103Total filings over 1 yrs
- 6.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2015)
- 103Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Piedmont. 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.
- 31.4%Housing insecurity
- 22.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.9%Food insecurity
- 49.3%SNAP enrollment
- 21.5%Transit barriers
- 18.1%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 43.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Piedmont
Against Worcester County at 44.4%, 59% of renters here are cost-burdened. This is renter territory: 95% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.3/10.
The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Worcester County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points.
Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $37,621, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 22.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Average gross rent is $1,169, 21% below the Worcester average.
The filing record is not thin: 103 evictions over 1 years of observation.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027731400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027731400?
Census tract 25027731400 in the Piedmont neighborhood scores 8/10 (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
What is the average rent in tract 25027731400?
Median gross rent is $1,169/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027731400?
37.2% of residents in tract 25027731400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,682.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027731400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 96th, minority 85th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 25027731400 considered part of Piedmont?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027731400 fall within Piedmont (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027731400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 103 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027731400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.64% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25027731400 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.4% 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. 22.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25027731400 compare to Worcester overall?
Tract 25027731400 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Worcester at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Worcester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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