Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
South Lancaster Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25027713100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 8,395 · 24% of tract blocks fall in South Lancaster
25027713100 is a census tract in South Lancaster, MA. It scores 4.9/10 for landlords. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,944
Renter share17.1%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$130,444
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across South Lancaster and the region
Centroid at 42.4836, -71.6756 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Lancaster scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from South Lancaster
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,985 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from South Lancaster
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from South Lancaster
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from South Lancaster
5.7
How South Lancaster compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 8Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2015)
- 8Filings 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.
- 8.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 23.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Lancaster
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10. Against Worcester County at 44.4%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 8 filings here across 1 tracked years.
It sits 0.9 points below the Worcester County average of 5.8. Filings peaked in 2015 at 1.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 17% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.4/10. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.3 points cooler.
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 25027713100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027713100?
Census tract 25027713100 in South Lancaster scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25027713100?
Median gross rent is $1,985/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027713100?
3.0% of residents in tract 25027713100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,395.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027713100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 18th, minority 26th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027713100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027713100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.69% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027713100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.9% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027713100 compare to South Lancaster overall?
Tract 25027713100 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of South Lancaster at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from South Lancaster; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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