1 census tracts · pop 4,352 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.8/10
· range 7.8–7.8
Rice Square is a one-tract neighborhood of Worcester, MA and houses 4,352 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 7.8/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 64% against 32.0% citywide, putting Rice Square 31.8% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 25%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The dominant input is eviction-process difficulty at 7/10.
Court records for this tract carry 40 eviction filings. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10. SNAP participation is 23.7% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 4.7% of renter households. Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 7/10.
That places it #7 of 17 neighborhoods in Worcester. Judgments average 1.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Beaver Street Historic District and Providence Street Historic District score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Average gross rent runs $1,575, close to the Worcester average.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 7.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Rice Square vs WorcesterHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority65%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport87%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Rice Square
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
40Total filings (sum)
4.68%Avg annual filing rate
4.7%Peak year (2015)
4.68%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Rice Square
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
17.9%Housing insecurity
11.7%Utility shutoff threat
21.0%Food insecurity
23.7%SNAP enrollment
8.4%No health insurance
30.9%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Rice Square
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Rice Square?
Rice Square scores 7.8/10 (Elevated 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 Rice Square compare to Worcester overall?
Rice Square scores 1.2 points higher than Worcester overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 64% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,575 vs $1,487.
Q3
What is the average rent in Rice Square?
Average gross rent in Rice Square is $1,575/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Rice Square residents are renters?
57% of Rice Square households are renter-occupied (vs 57% in Worcester). The neighborhood has 4,352 residents.
Q5
Is Rice Square a high social-vulnerability area?
Rice Square sits in the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Rice Square for landlords?
Rice Square carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.8/10). 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 Worcester as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Rice Square?
Rice Square has 4,558 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (46.9%), Hispanic / Latino (32%), Other / Multiracial (9.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
