Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25027736300 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027736300 · Worcester County, MA · pop 2,543
The Moderate-tier score of 5.4/10 for census tract 25027736300 reflects conditions in Worcester, Massachusetts. On the national scale it ranks #39,339 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,168 a month while the average household earns $90,956 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,000
Renter share22.8%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$90,956
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 42.2149, -71.8346 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25027736300 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
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,168 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 25027736300 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 8Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2015)
- 8Filings 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.
- 9.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 12.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25027736300
The heaviest input here 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 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027736300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027736300?
Census tract 25027736300 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 25027736300?
Median gross rent is $1,168/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027736300?
4.5% of residents in tract 25027736300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,543.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027736300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 82th, minority 27th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027736300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027736300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.80% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027736300 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.7% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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