Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Webster Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027754400 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,991
Tract 25027754400 sits in Webster, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.6/10. Population here is 3,991. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,538
Renter share45.3%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$66,131
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Webster and the region
Centroid at 42.0298, -71.8735 · click any tract to drill in
Why Webster scores 7.6
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
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,277 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 49Total filings over 1 yrs
- 6.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2015)
- 49Filings 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.
- 14.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.3%Food insecurity
- 20.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Webster
28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Worcester County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. Against Worcester County at 44.4%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.3/10.
Court records carry 49 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 6.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 6.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,277, close to the Webster average.
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 25027754400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027754400?
Census tract 25027754400 in Webster scores 7.6/10 (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 25027754400?
Median gross rent is $1,277/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027754400?
11.7% of residents in tract 25027754400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,991.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027754400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 87th, minority 44th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027754400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 49 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027754400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.49% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027754400 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.2% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027754400 compare to Webster overall?
Tract 25027754400 scores 7.6/10, higher than the parent city of Webster at 6.6/10. 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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