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Monument Square Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Leominster

Tract 25027709400 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,971 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

For landlords sizing up the Monument Square Historic District neighborhood of Leominster, census tract 25027709400 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.5/10. On the national scale it ranks #10,963 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 43% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,159 monthly, set against $54,179 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 61% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 26% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,062
Renter share61.5%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate18.9%
Median income$54,179

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Monument Square Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 10 tracts In Leominster
Very High
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#51 of 191 tracts In Worcester County
Elevated
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#450 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Leominster and the region

Centroid at 42.5237, -71.7395 · click any tract to drill in

Why Monument Square Historic District scores 4.6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Leominster
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
18.9% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,159 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Leominster
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Leominster
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Leominster
5.9

How Monument Square Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Monument Square Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.64.6This tracttract 709400Leominster: 5.85.8Leominsterparent cityCounty: 3.63.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 47Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 3.65%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.7%Peak (2015)
  • 47Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Monument Square Historic District. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Monument Square Historic District

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. 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 Leominster 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.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 84th 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 47 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 3.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.7% 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 25027709400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027709400?

Census tract 25027709400 in the Monument Square Historic District neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 25027709400?

Median gross rent is $1,159/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027709400?

18.9% of residents in tract 25027709400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,971.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027709400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 96th, minority 56th, housing 51th.
Q5

Is tract 25027709400 considered part of Monument Square Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027709400 fall within Monument Square Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027709400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 47 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027709400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.65% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25027709400 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.5% 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. 14.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25027709400 compare to Leominster overall?

Tract 25027709400 scores 4.6/10, lower than the parent city of Leominster at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Leominster eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Leominster

Top eight tracts in Leominster ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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