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Neighborhood · Southbridge Town, MA

Windsor Court Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated

2 census tracts · pop 7,116 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.3/10 · range 7.3–7.3

Windsor Court Historic District spans 2 census tracts of Southbridge Town, MA, population 7,116. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.3/10, Elevated tier. Cost burden runs about half against 34.1% citywide, putting Windsor Court Historic District 18.1% over its own city.

The severe-burden share is 26%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. SNAP participation is 32.1% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 2.2/10.

The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Court records carry 115 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.

Food insecurity affects 27.6% of adults, 9.8 points above the national rate. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 6.5% of renter households. That places it #1 of 4 neighborhoods in Southbridge Town.

Judgments average 2.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, High School Street Historic District and Glover Street Historic District score within a fraction of it.

Social vulnerability runs high at 7.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Its 2 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Average gross rent runs $1,317, close to the Southbridge Town average.

Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $55,796.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Windsor Court Historic District vs Southbridge Town How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
52.2% +53%
Southbridge Town: 34.1%
Average gross rent
$1,317 +5%
Southbridge Town: $1,256
Average HH income
$55,796 -8%
Southbridge Town: $60,872
Poverty rate
21.9% +35%
Southbridge Town: 16.2%
Renter share
62.4% +9%
Southbridge Town: 57.3%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Windsor Court Historic District and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 7.3–7.3

Why Windsor Court Historic District scores 7.3

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
52% 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
62% 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
21.9% below poverty line · Range 5.1–6.2 across tracts
5.5
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–2.8 across tracts
2.2
Risk score comparison

Windsor Court Historic District vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Windsor Court Historic District score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Windsor Court Hist: 7.37.3Windsor Court HistNeighborhoodParent city: 5.95.9Parent cityhost cityState: 6.46.4Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Windsor Court Historic District

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
25027757100 7.3 4,722 46% $1,441
25027757200 7.3 2,394 65% $1,072
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 77

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 75%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 83%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 63%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 58%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Windsor Court Historic District

Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 115Total filings (sum)
  • 6.35%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.5%Peak year (2015)
  • 6.35%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Windsor Court Historic District

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

Frequently asked

About Windsor Court Historic District

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Windsor Court Historic District?

Windsor Court Historic District scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Windsor Court Historic District compare to Southbridge Town overall?

Windsor Court Historic District scores 1.4 points higher than Southbridge Town overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,317 vs $1,256.
Q3

What is the average rent in Windsor Court Historic District?

Average gross rent in Windsor Court Historic District is $1,317/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Windsor Court Historic District residents are renters?

62% of Windsor Court Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 57% in Southbridge Town). The neighborhood has 7,116 residents.
Q5

Is Windsor Court Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?

Windsor Court Historic District sits in the 77th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

Which tracts in Windsor Court Historic District have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Windsor Court Historic District is census tract 25027757100 (score 7.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.3 to 7.3, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Windsor Court Historic District for landlords?

Windsor Court Historic District carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Windsor Court Historic District?

Windsor Court Historic District has 7,309 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (51.5%), Hispanic / Latino (44.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (2.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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