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Neighborhood · Southbridge Town, MA

Glover Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated

1 census tracts · pop 2,682 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.4/10 · range 6.4–6.4

Glover Street Historic District is a one-tract neighborhood of Southbridge Town, MA, population 2,682. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.4/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Against a Southbridge Town baseline of 34.1%, 44% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.4/10.

On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.9/10. Court records for this tract carry 11 eviction filings. Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 3.0% of renter households.

That places it #3 of 4 neighborhoods in Southbridge Town. Judgments average 1.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

For a like-for-like read, Bacon-Morse Historic District and Windsor Court Historic District score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.5/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

Average gross rent runs $1,188, close to the Southbridge Town average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $68,611.

42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

One tract means one number: 6.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
6.4
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Glover Street Historic District vs Southbridge Town How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
44.2% +30%
Southbridge Town: 34.1%
Average gross rent
$1,188 -5%
Southbridge Town: $1,256
Average HH income
$68,611 +13%
Southbridge Town: $60,872
Poverty rate
7.7% -52%
Southbridge Town: 16.2%
Renter share
42.0% -27%
Southbridge Town: 57.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Glover Street Historic District and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 6.4–6.4

Why Glover Street Historic District scores 6.4

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts
6.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.9–5.9 across tracts
5.9
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts
6.3
Rent control risk
44% of income on rent · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.3–6.3 across tracts
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
42% renter households · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts
5.7
Economic stress
7.7% below poverty line · Range 1.9–1.9 across tracts
1.9
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.4–1.4 across tracts
1.4
Risk score comparison

Glover Street Historic District vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Glover Street Historic District score vs. parent city, state, U.S.6.4Glover Street HistNeighborhood5.9Parent cityhost city6.4Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Glover Street Historic District

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
25027757400 6.4 2,682 44% $1,188
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 72

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 67%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 91%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 60%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 45%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Glover Street Historic District

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 11Total filings (sum)
  • 2.96%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.0%Peak year (2015)
  • 2.96%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Glover Street Historic District

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Glover Street Historic District

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Glover Street Historic District?

Glover Street Historic District scores 6.4/10 (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 Glover Street Historic District compare to Southbridge Town overall?

Glover Street Historic District scores 0.5 points higher than Southbridge Town overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 44% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,188 vs $1,256.
Q3

What is the average rent in Glover Street Historic District?

Average gross rent in Glover Street Historic District is $1,188/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Glover Street Historic District residents are renters?

42% of Glover Street Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 57% in Southbridge Town). The neighborhood has 2,682 residents.
Q5

Is Glover Street Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?

Glover Street Historic District sits in the 72nd 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 Glover Street Historic District for landlords?

Glover Street Historic District carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.4/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Glover Street Historic District?

Glover Street Historic District has 2,730 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (56.6%), Hispanic / Latino (28.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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