Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Athol Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027703100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,923 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Athol
Tract 25027703100 sits in Athol, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.7/10. It is home to 4,923 residents. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,718
Renter share32.4%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$63,356
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Athol and the region
Centroid at 42.5759, -72.2296 · click any tract to drill in
Why Athol scores 7.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Athol
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,246 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Athol
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Athol
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Athol
7.8
How Athol compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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)
- 54Total filings over 1 yrs
- 9.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.2%Peak (2015)
- 54Filings 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.
- 12.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.1%Food insecurity
- 20.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 19.6%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Athol
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.7/10. Against the Worcester County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10.
49% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Worcester County average of 44.4%. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 54 filings here across 1 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,246, 11% above the Athol average. The worst year on record was 2015, when 9.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 9.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
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 25027703100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027703100?
Census tract 25027703100 in Athol scores 7.7/10 (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 25027703100?
Median gross rent is $1,246/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027703100?
15.0% of residents in tract 25027703100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,923.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027703100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 82th, minority 19th, housing 88th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027703100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 54 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027703100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.17% of renter households, peaking at 9.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027703100 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027703100 compare to Athol overall?
Tract 25027703100 scores 7.7/10, higher than the parent city of Athol at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Athol; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Athol
Top eight tracts in Athol ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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