Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally
Fitchburg Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027710602 · Worcester County, MA · pop 5,025
Census tract 25027710602 sits in Fitchburg eviction risk, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. That is riskier than about 92% of US census tracts.
About 63% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,063 a month against an average household income of $57,194 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 51% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,822
Renter share51.0%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate25.8%
Median income$57,194
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
90
th percentile
High
National
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region
Centroid at 42.5730, -71.7962 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fitchburg scores 6
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
25.8% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,063 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 71%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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.
- 19.5%Housing insecurity
- 13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.4%Food insecurity
- 30.6%SNAP enrollment
- 13.5%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 36.1%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 above the Worcester County average of 6.0 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 19.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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 25027710602
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027710602?
Census tract 25027710602 in Fitchburg scores 6/10 (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 25027710602?
Median gross rent is $1,063/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027710602?
25.8% of residents in tract 25027710602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,025.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027710602?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 76th, minority 71th, housing 73th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25027710602 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.5% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25027710602 compare to Fitchburg overall?
Tract 25027710602 scores 6/10, right in line with 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.
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25027710700
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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25027710500
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25027710800
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25027711000
5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25027710400
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25027710601
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25027710100
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25027710300
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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