Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Worcester Eviction Risk: High
Tract 25027732002 · Worcester County, MA · pop 5,189
25027732002 is a census tract in Worcester, MA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,189. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,805
Renter share53.7%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$82,882
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
91
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester and the region
Centroid at 42.2841, -71.7728 · click any tract to drill in
Why Worcester 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
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$2,013 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 Worcester compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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)
- 14Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.4%Peak (2015)
- 14Filings 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.
- 14.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 21.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Worcester
Average gross rent is $2,013, 35% above the Worcester average. It sits 2.2 points above the Worcester County average of 5.8.
The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Worcester County average of 44.4%.
The score leans hardest on local political climate at 7/10. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7/10. The filing record is not thin: 14 evictions over 1 years of observation.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10. Filings peaked in 2015 at 1.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
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 25027732002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027732002?
Census tract 25027732002 in Worcester 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 25027732002?
Median gross rent is $2,013/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027732002?
23.0% of residents in tract 25027732002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,189.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027732002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 48th, minority 59th, housing 93th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027732002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027732002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.37% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027732002 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.2% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027732002 compare to Worcester overall?
Tract 25027732002 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Worcester
Top eight tracts in Worcester ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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8
/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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Lincoln Square
8
/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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Webster Square
8
/ 10 · High
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Beaver Street Historic District
8
/ 10 · High
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Fay Street Historic District
8
/ 10 · High
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8
/ 10 · High
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