Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Fitchburg Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027710800 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,362
25027710800 is a census tract in Fitchburg, MA. It scores 7.7/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 61% here against 44.4% across Worcester County.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,821
Renter share50.3%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$58,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region
Centroid at 42.5917, -71.7997 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fitchburg scores 7.7
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
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,071 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: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 96Total filings over 1 yrs
- 9.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.5%Peak (2015)
- 96Filings 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.
- 17.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.6%Food insecurity
- 22.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.9%Transit barriers
- 8.8%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 31.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fitchburg
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Against the Worcester County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 96 filings here across 1 tracked years. SNAP participation runs 22.8% against 15.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,071, 12% below the Fitchburg average. The worst year on record was 2015, when 9.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 9.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.3/10.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027710800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027710800?
Census tract 25027710800 in Fitchburg scores 7.7/10 (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 25027710800?
Median gross rent is $1,071/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027710800?
18.6% of residents in tract 25027710800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,362.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027710800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 60th, minority 59th, housing 66th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027710800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 96 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027710800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.45% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027710800 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.0% 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. 11.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027710800 compare to Fitchburg overall?
Tract 25027710800 scores 7.7/10, 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.
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25027710602
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25027710700
7.7
/ 10 · High
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25027711000
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710500
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710400
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25027710601
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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25027710300
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/ 10 · Elevated
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6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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