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Massachusetts Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Worcester

Tract 25027730802 · Worcester County, MA · pop 2,265 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

25027730802 is a census tract in the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District area of Worcester, MA. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,265 residents. roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Worcester County average of 44.4%.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 28% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units836
Renter share42.7%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$126,071

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Massachusetts Avenue Historic District
Moderate
Within parent city
13 th percentile
Rank, 13th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 46 tracts In Worcester
Very Low
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#95 of 191 tracts In Worcester County
Moderate
Within state
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#858 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Worcester and the region

Centroid at 42.2729, -71.8271 · click any tract to drill in

Why Massachusetts Avenue Historic District scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,548 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Massachusetts Avenue Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Massachusetts Avenue Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 730802Worcester: 6.66.6Worcesterparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.26.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 7Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 2.15%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.2%Peak (2015)
  • 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Massachusetts Avenue Historic District. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Massachusetts Avenue Historic District

The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.2/10. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 7 filings here across 1 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. Running hot, eviction-process difficulty reads 7/10.

The worst year on record was 2015, when 2.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $126,071, annual rent is just 15%.

It tracks the Worcester County average of 5.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,548, close to the Worcester average.

43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25027730802

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027730802?

Census tract 25027730802 in the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 25027730802?

Median gross rent is $1,548/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027730802?

8.9% of residents in tract 25027730802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,265.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027730802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 28th, minority 54th, housing 31th.
Q5

Is tract 25027730802 considered part of Massachusetts Avenue Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027730802 fall within Massachusetts Avenue Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027730802?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027730802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.15% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25027730802 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.1% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25027730802 compare to Worcester overall?

Tract 25027730802 scores 5.8/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Worcester

Top eight tracts in Worcester ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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