Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Boylston Center Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027718100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,855 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 25027718100 belongs to Boylston Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is home to 4,855 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 65th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,833 monthly, set against $124,732 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,932
Renter share20.1%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate8.7%
Median income$124,732
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester County and the region
Centroid at 42.3550, -71.7162 · click any tract to drill in
Why Boylston Center scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
8.7% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,833 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Boylston Center compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 2Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.1%Peak (2015)
- 2Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 9.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.2%Transit barriers
- 2.9%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 24.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Boylston Center
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.2/10. 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 set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 7th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027718100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027718100?
Census tract 25027718100 in the Boylston Center neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (Lower 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 25027718100?
Median gross rent is $1,833/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027718100?
8.7% of residents in tract 25027718100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,855.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027718100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 14th, minority 14th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 25027718100 considered part of Boylston Center?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027718100 fall within Boylston Center (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027718100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027718100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.09% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25027718100 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 5.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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