Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25027702201 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027702201 · Worcester County, MA · pop 1,455
Worcester in Worcester County anchors census tract 25027702201, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 75th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 49% of renter households, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,031 a month while the average household earns $101,705 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 9% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units548
Renter share9.3%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$101,705
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester County and the region
Centroid at 42.6890, -72.1853 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25027702201 scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,031 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 25027702201 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.8%Food insecurity
- 16.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25027702201
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Worcester County average of 6.0 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 25027702201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027702201?
Census tract 25027702201 in Worcester County scores 3.3/10 (Lower 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 25027702201?
Median gross rent is $1,031/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027702201?
13.3% of residents in tract 25027702201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,455.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027702201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 25th, minority 3th, housing 29th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25027702201 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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