Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Milford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027744102 · Worcester County, MA · pop 5,755
Census tract 25027744102 covers part of Milford, MA, and scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,755. 25% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Worcester County average of 44.4%.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,970
Renter share11.2%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$101,881
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milford and the region
Centroid at 42.1557, -71.5476 · click any tract to drill in
Why Milford scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Milford
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,397 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Milford
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Milford
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Milford
5.9
How Milford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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)
- 31Total filings over 1 yrs
- 7.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2015)
- 31Filings 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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 13.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Milford
At $1,397 a month, rents run 26% under what the rest of Milford commands. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 2.5/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.3/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.8/10. Court records carry 31 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 7.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $101,881, annual rent is just 16%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027744102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027744102?
Census tract 25027744102 in Milford scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 25027744102?
Median gross rent is $1,397/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027744102?
11.3% of residents in tract 25027744102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,755.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027744102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 54th, minority 29th, housing 9th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027744102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027744102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.45% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027744102 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027744102 compare to Milford overall?
Tract 25027744102 scores 6.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Milford at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Milford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Milford
Top eight tracts in Milford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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