Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally

Fitchburg Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25027710601 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,202

How risky is Fitchburg for landlords? Census tract 25027710601 scores 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,420 a month while the average household earns $67,565 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

4.7

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 37% Owners 40%

Tract context

Occupied units1,285

Renter share59.7%

SVI overall0.68

Poverty rate12.5%

Median income$67,565

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Fitchburg and the region

Centroid at 42.5802, -71.8073 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fitchburg scores 4.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

12.5% poverty · this tract

3.1

Supply constraint

$1,420 rent vs county FMR

2.7

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: 68

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

64%Socioeconomic
71%Household composition
79%Racial/ethnic minority
50%Housing & transportation

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.

21.2%Housing insecurity
13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
25.7%Food insecurity
28.0%SNAP enrollment
13.7%Transit barriers
12.0%No health insurance
21.3%Frequent mental distress
33.8%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fitchburg

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Fitchburg 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.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 68th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 21.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.3% 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 25027710601

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027710601?

Census tract 25027710601 in Fitchburg scores 4.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25027710601?

Median gross rent is $1,420/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027710601?

12.5% of residents in tract 25027710601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,202.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027710601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 71th, minority 79th, housing 50th.

What share of households in tract 25027710601 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.2% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25027710601 compare to Fitchburg overall?

Tract 25027710601 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Fitchburg at 6.1/10. 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.