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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

West Leominster Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25027709701 · Worcester County, MA · pop 5,800 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 6/10, tract 25027709701 in the West Leominster area of Leominster, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.1/10.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 23% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,375
Renter share34.4%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$88,623

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In West Leominster
Moderate
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 10 tracts In Leominster
Moderate
Within county
53 th percentile
Rank, 53rd percentileLowHigh
#91 of 191 tracts In Worcester County
Moderate
Within state
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#811 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Leominster and the region

Centroid at 42.5450, -71.7749 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Leominster scores 6

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
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,127 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 West Leominster compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Leominster risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.06.0This tracttract 709701Leominster: 6.06.0Leominsterparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.26.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 47

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)

  • 61Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 4.35%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.4%Peak (2015)
  • 61Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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 West Leominster

34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Worcester County average of 44.4%. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.9/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.7/10. At $1,127 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Leominster commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 61 filings here across 1 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2015, when 4.4% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 4.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $88,623, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Worcester County average of 5.8 closely.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25027709701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027709701?

Census tract 25027709701 in the West Leominster neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 25027709701?

Median gross rent is $1,127/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027709701?

7.7% of residents in tract 25027709701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,800.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027709701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 63th, minority 49th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 25027709701 considered part of West Leominster?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027709701 fall within West Leominster (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027709701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 61 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027709701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.35% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25027709701 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.8% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25027709701 compare to Leominster overall?

Tract 25027709701 scores 6/10, right in line with 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.

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