Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Fitchburg Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027710601 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,202
Census tract 25027710601 covers part of Fitchburg, MA, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,202. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,285
Renter share59.7%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$67,565
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region
Centroid at 42.5802, -71.8073 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fitchburg scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,420 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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.
- 21.2%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.7%Food insecurity
- 28.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.7%Transit barriers
- 12.0%No health insurance
- 21.3%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fitchburg
The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Worcester County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. SNAP participation runs 28.0% against 15.2% nationally.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.7/10. Cost burden runs 39% here against 44.4% across Worcester County.
Average gross rent is $1,420, 16% above the Fitchburg average. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 3.1/10. Housing insecurity runs 21.2% against 14.2% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $67,565.
60% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027710601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027710601?
Census tract 25027710601 in Fitchburg scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 25027710601?
Median gross rent is $1,420/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027710601?
12.5% of residents in tract 25027710601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,202.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027710601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 71th, minority 79th, housing 50th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25027710601 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.2% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25027710601 compare to Fitchburg overall?
Tract 25027710601 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Fitchburg at 6.3/10. 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.
Tract · MA
25027710800
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027711000
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710500
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710602
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710700
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710400
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25027710300
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25027710100
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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