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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Redwood Hills Eviction Risk: High , Worcester

Tract 25027732301 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,812 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Tract 25027732301 sits in the Redwood Hills area of Worcester eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. Severe burden reaches 52%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 11% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,039
Renter share30.7%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate21.6%
Median income$63,151

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Redwood Hills
Very High
Within parent city
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 46 tracts In Worcester
High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 191 tracts In Worcester County
High
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#213 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Worcester and the region

Centroid at 42.2494, -71.7561 · click any tract to drill in

Why Redwood Hills scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
21.6% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,600 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Redwood Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Redwood Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.08.0This tracttract 732301Worcester: 6.66.6Worcesterparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.26.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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)

  • 13Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 3.27%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.3%Peak (2015)
  • 13Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Redwood Hills. 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 Redwood Hills

63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Worcester County average of 44.4%. It sits 2.2 points above the Worcester County average of 5.8. SNAP participation runs 30.8% against 15.2% nationally.

The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 7/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 7/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 13 filings here across 1 tracked years.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10. Filings peaked in 2015 at 3.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #7,836 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, 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.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25027732301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027732301?

Census tract 25027732301 in the Redwood Hills 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 25027732301?

Median gross rent is $1,600/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027732301?

21.6% of residents in tract 25027732301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,812.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027732301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 45th, minority 42th, housing 27th.
Q5

Is tract 25027732301 considered part of Redwood Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027732301 fall within Redwood Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027732301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027732301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.27% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25027732301 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.8% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25027732301 compare to Worcester overall?

Tract 25027732301 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Worcester

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

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