Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25027721101 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027721101 · Worcester County, MA · pop 1,585
How risky is Worcester for landlords? Census tract 25027721101 scores 4.6/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 26% of US census tracts.
10% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,208 a month while the average household earns $96,207 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units640
Renter share10.5%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$96,207
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester County and the region
Centroid at 42.3509, -72.0442 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25027721101 scores 2.9
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
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,208 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 25027721101 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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)
- 3Total filings over 1 yrs
- 4.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2015)
- 3Filings 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 3.7%No health insurance
- 16.3%Frequent mental distress
- 26.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25027721101
The score leans hardest on 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 below the Worcester County average of 6.0 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 4.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.5% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027721101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027721101?
Census tract 25027721101 in Worcester County scores 2.9/10 (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 25027721101?
Median gross rent is $1,208/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027721101?
6.1% of residents in tract 25027721101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,585.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027721101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 19th, minority 10th, housing 33th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027721101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027721101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.48% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027721101 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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