Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Fitchburg Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027710300 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,602
Tract 25027710300 sits in Fitchburg eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.7/10. It is home to 3,602 residents. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,435
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$93,930
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region
Centroid at 42.5752, -71.8473 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fitchburg scores 6.7
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
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,248 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 11Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2015)
- 11Filings 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.
- 13.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.8%Food insecurity
- 17.8%SNAP enrollment
- 9.0%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fitchburg
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.
around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Worcester County average of 44.4%. Against the Worcester County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.
The filing record is not thin: 11 evictions over 1 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2015 at 3.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 4.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $93,930, annual rent is just 16%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027710300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027710300?
Census tract 25027710300 in Fitchburg scores 6.7/10 (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 25027710300?
Median gross rent is $1,248/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027710300?
13.5% of residents in tract 25027710300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,602.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027710300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 55th, minority 53th, housing 13th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027710300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027710300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.26% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027710300 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.6% 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. 8.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027710300 compare to Fitchburg overall?
Tract 25027710300 scores 6.7/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fitchburg
Top eight tracts in Fitchburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · MA
25027710500
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710602
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710700
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710800
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027711000
7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710400
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25027710601
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · MA
25027710100
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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