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Fitchburg Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25027710100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 2,875

Tract 25027710100, home to 2,875 residents in Fitchburg in Worcester County, scores 5.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,128 a month against an average household income of $83,396 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

4.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 28% Owners 62%

Tract context

Occupied units1,394

Renter share37.9%

SVI overall0.50

Poverty rate9.9%

Median income$83,396

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region

Centroid at 42.5664, -71.7705 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fitchburg scores 4.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Fitchburg

6.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.9

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

9.9% poverty · this tract

2.5

Supply constraint

$1,128 rent vs county FMR

1.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Fitchburg

6.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.2

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Fitchburg

8.6

Housing court bias

Inherited from Fitchburg

6.6

How Fitchburg compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

44%Socioeconomic
45%Household composition
60%Racial/ethnic minority
54%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)

42Total filings over 1 yrs
5.70%Avg annual filing rate
5.7%Peak (2015)
42Filings 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.

16.9%Housing insecurity
10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
19.4%Food insecurity
20.3%SNAP enrollment
10.5%Transit barriers
9.4%No health insurance
19.2%Frequent mental distress
29.9%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fitchburg

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Fitchburg eviction risk, 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 White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 50th 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 42 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 5.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.7% of renter households in 2015.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25027710100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027710100?

Census tract 25027710100 in Fitchburg scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25027710100?

Median gross rent is $1,128/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027710100?

9.9% of residents in tract 25027710100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,875.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027710100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 45th, minority 60th, housing 54th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027710100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027710100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.70% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 25027710100 struggle to pay rent?

About 16.9% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25027710100 compare to Fitchburg overall?

Tract 25027710100 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Fitchburg at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fitchburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Fitchburg

Top eight tracts in Fitchburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org