Monument Square Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated
2 census tracts · pop 7,265 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.2/10
· range 6.9–7.4
Monument Square Historic District is a 2-tract neighborhood of Leominster, MA and houses 7,265 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.2/10, in the Elevated tier. Against a Leominster baseline of 29.6%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 37%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.2/10.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10. SNAP participation is 27.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Average gross rent is $1,122, 17% below the Leominster average of $1,354. Court records carry 57 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
The poverty rate is 18%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 3.7% of renter households. Judgments average 1.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Social vulnerability runs high at 7.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.5 points apart at the extremes.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $62,244.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Monument Square Historic District vs LeominsterHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority52%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport57%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Monument Square Historic District
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
57Total filings (sum)
3.02%Avg annual filing rate
3.7%Peak year (2015)
3.02%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Monument Square Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
19.0%Housing insecurity
13.1%Utility shutoff threat
24.7%Food insecurity
29.5%SNAP enrollment
10.2%No health insurance
35.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Monument Square Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Monument Square Historic District?
Monument Square Historic District scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Monument Square Historic District compare to Leominster overall?
Monument Square Historic District scores 1.2 points higher than Leominster overall (6/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,122 vs $1,354.
Q3
What is the average rent in Monument Square Historic District?
Average gross rent in Monument Square Historic District is $1,122/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Monument Square Historic District residents are renters?
58% of Monument Square Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 38% in Leominster). The neighborhood has 7,265 residents.
Q5
Is Monument Square Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Monument Square Historic District sits in the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Monument Square Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Monument Square Historic District is census tract 25027709400 (score 7.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.9 to 7.4, a spread of 0.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Monument Square Historic District for landlords?
Monument Square Historic District carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.2/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Leominster as a whole (6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Monument Square Historic District?
Monument Square Historic District has 7,404 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (59.4%), Hispanic / Latino (35.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (2.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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