Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Clinton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027716102 · Worcester County, MA · pop 5,040 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Clinton
Tract 25027716102, home to 5,040 residents in Clinton, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 57% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,246 a month against an average household income of $99,044 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,901
Renter share42.0%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$99,044
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clinton and the region
Centroid at 42.4000, -71.7127 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clinton scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Clinton
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,246 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Clinton
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Clinton
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Clinton
5.4
How Clinton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 15.0%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Clinton
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 inherited from Clinton, 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 27th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.9% 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 25027716102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027716102?
Census tract 25027716102 in Clinton scores 3/10 (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 25027716102?
Median gross rent is $1,246/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027716102?
7.0% of residents in tract 25027716102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,040.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027716102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 39th, minority 38th, housing 35th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25027716102 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25027716102 compare to Clinton overall?
Tract 25027716102 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Clinton at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Clinton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Clinton
Top eight tracts in Clinton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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