Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Fitchburg Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027710500 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,137
25027710500 is a census tract in Fitchburg, MA. It scores 7.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,137. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,375
Renter share76.4%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate20.2%
Median income$59,836
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region
Centroid at 42.5778, -71.8218 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fitchburg scores 7.7
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
20.2% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$988 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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)
- 85Total filings over 1 yrs
- 10.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.2%Peak (2015)
- 85Filings 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.
- 19.7%Housing insecurity
- 12.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.0%Food insecurity
- 27.7%SNAP enrollment
- 12.9%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fitchburg
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. 76% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Against the Worcester County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points.
SNAP participation runs 27.7% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $988, 19% below the Fitchburg average.
The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Cost burden runs 50% here against 44.4% across Worcester County.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 85 filings here across 1 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 25.0% against 17.8% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 10.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 10.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.1/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027710500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027710500?
Census tract 25027710500 in Fitchburg scores 7.7/10 (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 25027710500?
Median gross rent is $988/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027710500?
20.2% of residents in tract 25027710500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,137.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027710500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 71th, minority 62th, housing 80th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027710500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 85 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027710500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.20% of renter households, peaking at 10.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027710500 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.7% 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. 12.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027710500 compare to Fitchburg overall?
Tract 25027710500 scores 7.7/10, 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.
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7.7
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25027710800
7.7
/ 10 · High
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7.7
/ 10 · High
Tract · MA
25027710400
7.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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