Bacon-Morse Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated
1 census tracts · pop 4,575 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.2/10
· range 6.2–6.2
Bacon-Morse Historic District maps to a single census tract in Southbridge Town, MA, population 4,575. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.2/10, in the Elevated tier. roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Southbridge Town rate of 34.1%.
Average gross rent is $667, 47% below the Southbridge Town average of $1,256. The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 1/10.
The severe-burden share is 24%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Running cool is economic stress, at 1.9/10.
Court records for this tract carry 27 eviction filings. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 4.6% of renter households. Among the 4 mapped neighborhoods of Southbridge Town, it ranks #4 by risk, the lower third.
Judgments average 0.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Glover Street Historic District and Windsor Court Historic District. Against average income of $78,030, annual rent is only 10%, a wide affordability cushion.
30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 6.2/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Bacon-Morse Historic District vs Southbridge TownHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority38%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport58%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bacon-Morse Historic District
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
27Total filings (sum)
4.58%Avg annual filing rate
4.6%Peak year (2015)
4.58%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Bacon-Morse Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.7%Housing insecurity
9.1%Utility shutoff threat
16.8%Food insecurity
19.5%SNAP enrollment
7.4%No health insurance
33.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Bacon-Morse Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bacon-Morse Historic District?
Bacon-Morse Historic District scores 6.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 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 Bacon-Morse Historic District compare to Southbridge Town overall?
Bacon-Morse Historic District scores 0.3 points higher than Southbridge Town overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 50% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $667 vs $1,256.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bacon-Morse Historic District?
Average gross rent in Bacon-Morse Historic District is $667/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bacon-Morse Historic District residents are renters?
30% of Bacon-Morse Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 57% in Southbridge Town). The neighborhood has 4,575 residents.
Q5
Is Bacon-Morse Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Bacon-Morse Historic District sits in the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Bacon-Morse Historic District for landlords?
Bacon-Morse Historic District carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.2/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Southbridge Town as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Bacon-Morse Historic District?
Bacon-Morse Historic District has 4,562 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (66.5%), Hispanic / Latino (30.3%), Other / Multiracial (1.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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