Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25027720100 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027720100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,497
Tract 25027720100, home to 3,497 residents in Worcester in Worcester County, scores 5.7/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 65% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 52% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $921 a month against an average household income of $150,577 a year, roughly 7% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,324
Renter share4.7%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$150,577
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester County and the region
Centroid at 42.4541, -71.8775 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25027720100 scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$921 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 25027720100 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 2Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2015)
- 2Filings 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.
- 6.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.5%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 14.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25027720100
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Worcester County average of 6.0 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 1.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.3% of renter households in 2015.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027720100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027720100?
Census tract 25027720100 in Worcester County scores 2.1/10 (Lower 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 25027720100?
Median gross rent is $921/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027720100?
4.4% of residents in tract 25027720100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,497.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027720100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 17th, minority 9th, housing 11th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027720100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027720100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.29% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027720100 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.1% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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