Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Fitchburg Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027711000 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,638
25027711000 is a census tract in Fitchburg, MA. It scores 7.7/10 for landlords. Against Worcester County at 44.4%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,301
Renter share52.7%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate15.1%
Median income$58,079
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
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 42.5874, -71.7815 · 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
15.1% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,274 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 56Total filings over 1 yrs
- 9.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.2%Peak (2015)
- 56Filings 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.
- 19.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.8%Food insecurity
- 29.0%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 10.0%No health insurance
- 21.5%Frequent mental distress
- 34.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fitchburg
31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10.
It sits 1.9 points above the Worcester County average of 5.8. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. SNAP participation runs 29.0% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 56 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Food insecurity runs 24.8% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when 9.2% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 9.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027711000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027711000?
Census tract 25027711000 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 25027711000?
Median gross rent is $1,274/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027711000?
15.1% of residents in tract 25027711000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,638.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027711000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 83th, minority 58th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027711000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 56 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027711000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.24% of renter households, peaking at 9.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027711000 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.4% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027711000 compare to Fitchburg overall?
Tract 25027711000 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.
Tract · MA
25027710500
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710602
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710700
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710800
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710400
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25027710601
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25027710300
6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25027710100
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
Related