Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Clinton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027716300 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,732 · 95% of tract blocks fall in Clinton
The Elevated-tier score of 6.1/10 for census tract 25027716300 reflects conditions in Clinton, Massachusetts. It lands near the 78th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,447 monthly, set against $89,107 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,724
Renter share63.6%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$89,107
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Clinton and the region
Centroid at 42.4180, -71.6777 · click any tract to drill in
Why Clinton scores 3.3
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
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,447 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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)
- 27Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2015)
- 27Filings 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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.4%Food insecurity
- 17.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.1%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 29.7%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 about the same as the Worcester County average of 6.0 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027716300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027716300?
Census tract 25027716300 in Clinton scores 3.3/10 (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 25027716300?
Median gross rent is $1,447/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027716300?
9.1% of residents in tract 25027716300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,732.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027716300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 24th, minority 41th, housing 85th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027716300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027716300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.60% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027716300 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027716300 compare to Clinton overall?
Tract 25027716300 scores 3.3/10, 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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