Census Tract · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally

Leominster Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25027709203 · Worcester County, MA · pop 2,919

Census tract 25027709203 covers part of Leominster, MA, and scores 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,919 residents. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score

6.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 25% Owners 51%

Tract context

Occupied units1,631

Renter share49.6%

SVI overall0.66

Poverty rate8.0%

Median income$59,011

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Leominster and the region

Centroid at 42.4932, -71.7422 · click any tract to drill in

Why Leominster scores 6.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Leominster

6.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.9

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

8.0% poverty · this tract

2.0

Supply constraint

$1,632 rent vs county FMR

3.8

Rent control risk

Inherited from Leominster

6.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.5

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Leominster

7.7

Housing court bias

Inherited from Leominster

5.9

How Leominster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

48%Socioeconomic
41%Household composition
37%Racial/ethnic minority
95%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.

11.6%Housing insecurity
7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
13.3%Food insecurity
14.3%SNAP enrollment
7.8%Transit barriers
6.1%No health insurance
16.3%Frequent mental distress
30.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Leominster

Set annual rent against average income of $59,011 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10.

At $1,632 a month, rents run 21% over what the rest of Leominster commands. It sits 1.0 points above the Worcester County average of 5.8.

Cost burden runs 49% here against 44.4% across Worcester County. That is riskier than roughly 84% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 6.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25027709203

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027709203?

Census tract 25027709203 in Leominster scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25027709203?

Median gross rent is $1,632/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027709203?

8.0% of residents in tract 25027709203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,919.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027709203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 41th, minority 37th, housing 95th.

What share of households in tract 25027709203 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.6% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25027709203 compare to Leominster overall?

Tract 25027709203 scores 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Leominster at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Leominster eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Leominster

Top eight tracts in Leominster ranked by composite eviction-risk score.