Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Winchendon Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027701102 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,090
Census tract 25027701102 covers part of Winchendon, MA, and scores 7.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,090. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,471
Renter share38.6%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate13.6%
Median income$71,611
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Winchendon and the region
Centroid at 42.6848, -72.0454 · click any tract to drill in
Why Winchendon scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Winchendon
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
13.6% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,281 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Winchendon
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Winchendon
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Winchendon
6.8
How Winchendon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.0%Food insecurity
- 21.0%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 5.3%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Winchendon
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Worcester County average of 5.8. 51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Worcester County average of 44.4%.
Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 6.9/10.
Average gross rent is $1,281, 10% above the Winchendon average. Nationally it ranks #11,988 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 6.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $71,611. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 25027701102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027701102?
Census tract 25027701102 in Winchendon scores 7.2/10 (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 25027701102?
Median gross rent is $1,281/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027701102?
13.6% of residents in tract 25027701102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,090.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027701102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 61th, minority 33th, housing 45th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25027701102 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.7% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25027701102 compare to Winchendon overall?
Tract 25027701102 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Winchendon at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Winchendon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Winchendon
Top eight tracts in Winchendon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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