Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
West Tatnuck Eviction Risk: Elevated , Worcester
Tract 25027730700 · Worcester County, MA · pop 7,699 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 6.3/10, tract 25027730700 in the West Tatnuck area of Worcester, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,898
Renter share14.9%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate14.7%
Median income$127,564
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester and the region
Centroid at 42.2828, -71.8597 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Tatnuck scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Worcester
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
14.7% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,837 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Worcester
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Worcester
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Worcester
7.0
How West Tatnuck compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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)
- 18Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2015)
- 18Filings 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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.7%Food insecurity
- 13.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Tatnuck
Cost burden runs 55% here against 44.4% across Worcester County. At $1,837 a month, rents run 24% over what the rest of Worcester commands. The score leans hardest on local political climate at 7/10.
On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7/10. The filing record is not thin: 18 evictions over 1 years of observation. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 2.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10.
Against average income of $127,564, annual rent is just 17%. It tracks the Worcester County average of 5.8 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027730700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027730700?
Census tract 25027730700 in the West Tatnuck neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 25027730700?
Median gross rent is $1,837/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027730700?
14.7% of residents in tract 25027730700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,699.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027730700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 66th, minority 49th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 25027730700 considered part of West Tatnuck?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027730700 fall within West Tatnuck (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027730700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027730700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.73% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25027730700 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25027730700 compare to Worcester overall?
Tract 25027730700 scores 6.3/10, lower than the parent city of Worcester at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Worcester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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