Whitinsville Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
2 census tracts · pop 13,483 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 4.5–6.4
Whitinsville Historic District is a 2-tract neighborhood of Whitinsville, MA and houses 13,483 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.4/10, in the Moderate tier. Against a Whitinsville baseline of 30.0%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.5 to 6.4, a 1.9-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.7/10. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.1/10.
Court records carry 65 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. 11% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. 4.1% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 4.9% of renter households. Judgments average 1.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Against average income of $118,215, annual rent is only 13%, a wide affordability cushion.
Average gross rent runs $1,245, close to the Whitinsville average. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Whitinsville Historic District vs WhitinsvilleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority18%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport35%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Whitinsville Historic District
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
65Total filings (sum)
3.70%Avg annual filing rate
4.9%Peak year (2015)
3.70%Latest filed (2015)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Whitinsville Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.6%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility shutoff threat
10.7%Food insecurity
12.8%SNAP enrollment
4.1%No health insurance
27.5%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Whitinsville Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Whitinsville Historic District?
Whitinsville Historic District scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 Whitinsville Historic District compare to Whitinsville overall?
Whitinsville Historic District scores 0.5 points lower than Whitinsville overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 30% citywide. Average rent: $1,245 vs $1,197.
Q3
What is the average rent in Whitinsville Historic District?
Average gross rent in Whitinsville Historic District is $1,245/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Whitinsville Historic District residents are renters?
32% of Whitinsville Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 41% in Whitinsville). The neighborhood has 13,483 residents.
Q5
Is Whitinsville Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Whitinsville Historic District sits in the 33rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Whitinsville Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Whitinsville Historic District is census tract 25027750100 (score 6.4/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.5 to 6.4, a spread of 1.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Whitinsville Historic District for landlords?
Whitinsville Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). 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 Whitinsville as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Whitinsville Historic District?
Whitinsville Historic District has 13,400 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (86.8%), Hispanic / Latino (9.9%), Other / Multiracial (2.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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