Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally
Webster Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25027754300 · Worcester County, MA · pop 2,947
Census tract 25027754300 sits in Webster in Worcester County, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. It lands near the 89th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,161 monthly, set against $49,318 in average yearly household income, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 74% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,386
Renter share73.7%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate18.1%
Median income$49,318
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Webster and the region
Centroid at 42.0535, -71.8795 · click any tract to drill in
Why Webster scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Webster
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
18.1% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,161 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Webster
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Webster
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Webster
7.3
How Webster compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 78Total filings over 1 yrs
- 8.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.2%Peak (2015)
- 78Filings 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.
- 16.8%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.8%Food insecurity
- 25.1%SNAP enrollment
- 11.6%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 20.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Webster
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Webster, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Worcester County average of 6.0 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 78 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 8.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.2% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027754300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027754300?
Census tract 25027754300 in Webster scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 25027754300?
Median gross rent is $1,161/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027754300?
18.1% of residents in tract 25027754300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,947.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027754300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 76th, minority 55th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027754300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 78 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027754300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.17% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027754300 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.8% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027754300 compare to Webster overall?
Tract 25027754300 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Webster at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Webster; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Webster
Top eight tracts in Webster ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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