Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Athol Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027703200 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,339 · 75% of tract blocks fall in Athol
With a score of 7.7/10, tract 25027703200 in Athol, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,339 residents. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,372
Renter share21.0%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$69,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
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 42.6129, -72.2137 · 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
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,085 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 14Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2015)
- 14Filings 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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 9.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.8%Food insecurity
- 23.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Athol
The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 1.9 points above the Worcester County average of 5.8.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.8/10. SNAP participation runs 23.8% against 15.2% nationally.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 14 filings here across 1 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 4.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027703200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027703200?
Census tract 25027703200 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 25027703200?
Median gross rent is $1,085/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027703200?
24.0% of residents in tract 25027703200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,339.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027703200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 33th, minority 20th, housing 21th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027703200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027703200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.98% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027703200 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 9.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027703200 compare to Athol overall?
Tract 25027703200 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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