Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Fitchburg Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027710100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 2,875
25027710100 is a census tract in Fitchburg, MA. It scores 6.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,875. Against Worcester County at 44.4%, 27% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,394
Renter share37.9%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$83,396
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region
Centroid at 42.5664, -71.7705 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fitchburg scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fitchburg
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,128 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fitchburg
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fitchburg
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fitchburg
6.6
How Fitchburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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)
- 42Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.7%Peak (2015)
- 42Filings 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.
- 16.9%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.4%Food insecurity
- 20.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.5%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fitchburg
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.1/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.5/10.
The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 42 filings here across 1 tracked years.
It sits 0.8 points above the Worcester County average of 5.8. The worst year on record was 2015, when 5.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.5/10.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $83,396, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Average gross rent is $1,128, close to the Fitchburg average. 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 25027710100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027710100?
Census tract 25027710100 in Fitchburg scores 6.6/10 (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 25027710100?
Median gross rent is $1,128/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027710100?
9.9% of residents in tract 25027710100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,875.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027710100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 45th, minority 60th, housing 54th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027710100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027710100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.70% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027710100 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.9% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027710100 compare to Fitchburg overall?
Tract 25027710100 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Fitchburg at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fitchburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Fitchburg
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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