Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
West Brookfield Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25027724100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,823 · 24% of tract blocks fall in West Brookfield
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 25027724100 (West Brookfield, Massachusetts) comes in at 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 61st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,153 monthly, set against $78,988 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,627
Renter share20.9%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$78,988
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Brookfield and the region
Centroid at 42.2567, -72.1582 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Brookfield scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Brookfield
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,153 rent vs county FMR
1.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Brookfield
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Brookfield
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Brookfield
5.3
How West Brookfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 5Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2015)
- 5Filings 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.
- 9.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 15.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 4.2%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 32.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Brookfield
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 West Brookfield, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Worcester County average of 6.0 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 5 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 1.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.0% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027724100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027724100?
Census tract 25027724100 in West Brookfield scores 4.1/10 (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 25027724100?
Median gross rent is $1,153/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027724100?
8.9% of residents in tract 25027724100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,823.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027724100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 43th, minority 6th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027724100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027724100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.04% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027724100 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.5% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027724100 compare to West Brookfield overall?
Tract 25027724100 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of West Brookfield at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Brookfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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