Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25027739202 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027739202 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,577
Census tract 25027739202 belongs to Worcester, Massachusetts. It is home to 3,577 residents and scores 5.3/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 50th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,014 monthly, set against $106,970 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,426
Renter share33.6%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$106,970
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester County and the region
Centroid at 42.2827, -71.7489 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25027739202 scores 2.5
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
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,014 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 25027739202 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%Housing & transportation
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.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 3.6%No health insurance
- 14.8%Frequent mental distress
- 23.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25027739202
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 8.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 35th 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 25027739202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027739202?
Census tract 25027739202 in Worcester County scores 2.5/10 (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 25027739202?
Median gross rent is $2,014/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027739202?
4.2% of residents in tract 25027739202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,577.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027739202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 55th, minority 48th, housing 32th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25027739202 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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