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Redwood Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Worcester

Tract 25027732802 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,181 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 7/10, tract 25027732802 in the Redwood Hills area of Worcester, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It sits 1.2 points above the Worcester County average of 5.8.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 20% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,632
Renter share36.5%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$94,563

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Redwood Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#31 of 46 tracts In Worcester
Low
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#55 of 191 tracts In Worcester County
Elevated
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#554 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Worcester and the region

Centroid at 42.2286, -71.7771 · click any tract to drill in

Why Redwood Hills scores 7

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
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,695 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Redwood Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Redwood Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 732802Worcester: 6.66.6Worcesterparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.26.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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)

  • 21Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 4.94%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.9%Peak (2015)
  • 21Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Redwood Hills. 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 Redwood Hills

12% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. What pushes it up most is local political climate at 7/10. SNAP participation runs 25.1% against 15.2% nationally.

Sitting well above the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 7/10. Court records carry 21 eviction filings across 1 observed years.

Average gross rent is $1,695, 14% above the Worcester average. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10.

Filings peaked in 2015 at 4.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 25027732802

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027732802?

Census tract 25027732802 in the Redwood Hills neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 25027732802?

Median gross rent is $1,695/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027732802?

13.4% of residents in tract 25027732802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,181.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027732802?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 83th, minority 49th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 25027732802 considered part of Redwood Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027732802 fall within Redwood Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027732802?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027732802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.94% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25027732802 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.4% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25027732802 compare to Worcester overall?

Tract 25027732802 scores 7/10, higher 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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