Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Beaver Street Historic District Eviction Risk: High , Worcester
Tract 25027731101 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,612 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 25027731101 sits in the Beaver Street Historic District area of Worcester eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. Population here is 3,612. 35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,584
Renter share49.4%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate16.0%
Median income$58,269
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester and the region
Centroid at 42.2561, -71.8335 · click any tract to drill in
Why Beaver Street Historic District scores 8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Worcester
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
16.0% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,408 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Worcester
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Worcester
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Worcester
7.0
How Beaver Street Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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)
- 51Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2015)
- 51Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Beaver Street 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.
- 17.5%Housing insecurity
- 11.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.2%Food insecurity
- 24.4%SNAP enrollment
- 11.8%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 18.9%Frequent mental distress
- 32.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Beaver Street Historic District
It sits 2.2 points above the Worcester County average of 5.8. Against Worcester County at 44.4%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 2.6/10. SNAP participation runs 24.4% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7/10.
The filing record is not thin: 51 evictions over 1 years of observation. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7/10.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 5.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027731101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027731101?
Census tract 25027731101 in the Beaver Street Historic District neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 25027731101?
Median gross rent is $1,408/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027731101?
16.0% of residents in tract 25027731101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,612.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027731101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 87th, minority 67th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 25027731101 considered part of Beaver Street Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027731101 fall within Beaver Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027731101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027731101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.94% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25027731101 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.5% 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. 11.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25027731101 compare to Worcester overall?
Tract 25027731101 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Worcester at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Worcester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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