Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Fitchburg Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25027711000 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,638
The Elevated-tier score of 6.5/10 for census tract 25027711000 reflects conditions in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 63% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,274 a month while the average household earns $58,079 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
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
80
th percentile
High
Within state
79
th percentile
High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region
Centroid at 42.5874, -71.7815 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fitchburg scores 5.1
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
What moves this score most 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 19.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 56 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 9.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.2% of renter households in 2015.
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 25027711000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027711000?
Census tract 25027711000 in Fitchburg scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
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 5.1/10, 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.
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25027710700
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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25027710602
6
/ 10 · Elevated
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25027710500
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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25027710800
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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25027710400
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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25027710601
4.7
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25027710100
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · MA
25027710300
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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