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North Leominster Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 25027709502 · Worcester County, MA · pop 6,166 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Tract 25027709502 covers North Leominster in Leominster in Massachusetts. Home to 6,166 residents, it scores 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 78th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 67% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,237 monthly, set against $85,307 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 12% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,439
Renter share35.4%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$85,307

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In North Leominster
Moderate
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 10 tracts In Leominster
Very Low
Within county
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#109 of 191 tracts In Worcester County
Moderate
Within state
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#891 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Leominster and the region

Centroid at 42.5574, -71.7415 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Leominster scores 2.9

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
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,237 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 North Leominster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North Leominster risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.92.9This tracttract 709502Leominster: 5.85.8Leominsterparent cityCounty: 3.63.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.53.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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

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)

  • 18Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 2.56%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.6%Peak (2015)
  • 18Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within North Leominster. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Leominster

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. 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 inherited from Leominster eviction risk, 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 18 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 2.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.6% of renter households in 2015.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 25027709502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027709502?

Census tract 25027709502 in the North Leominster neighborhood scores 2.9/10 (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 25027709502?

Median gross rent is $1,237/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027709502?

4.3% of residents in tract 25027709502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,166.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027709502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 60th, minority 34th, housing 69th.
Q5

Is tract 25027709502 considered part of North Leominster?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027709502 fall within North Leominster (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027709502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027709502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.56% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25027709502 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25027709502 compare to Leominster overall?

Tract 25027709502 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Leominster at 5.8/10. 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.

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