Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
North Brookfield Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25027725100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,750 · 28% of tract blocks fall in North Brookfield
25027725100 is a census tract in North Brookfield, MA. It scores 6.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,750. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,897
Renter share28.6%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$81,010
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Brookfield and the region
Centroid at 42.2676, -72.0669 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Brookfield scores 6.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Brookfield
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$973 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Brookfield
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Brookfield
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Brookfield
5.7
How North Brookfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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)
- 10Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.8%Peak (2015)
- 10Filings 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 15.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 30.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Brookfield
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.8/10. Court records carry 10 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.9/10. Against the Worcester County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2015 at 1.8% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.2/10.
Against average income of $81,010, annual rent is just 14%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
44% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $973, close to the North Brookfield average. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027725100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027725100?
Census tract 25027725100 in North Brookfield scores 6.5/10 (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 25027725100?
Median gross rent is $973/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027725100?
11.6% of residents in tract 25027725100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,750.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027725100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 12th, minority 4th, housing 27th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027725100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027725100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.81% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027725100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027725100 compare to North Brookfield overall?
Tract 25027725100 scores 6.5/10, higher than the parent city of North Brookfield at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Brookfield; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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