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Webster Square Eviction Risk: Elevated , Worcester

Tract 25027733101 · Worcester County, MA · pop 2,512 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 25027733101 sits in the Webster Square area of Worcester eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. Population here is 2,512. Severe burden reaches 49%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 10% Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units967
Renter share28.5%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$102,404

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Webster Square
Very Low
Within parent city
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 46 tracts In Worcester
Very Low
Within county
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#86 of 191 tracts In Worcester County
Elevated
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#788 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Worcester and the region

Centroid at 42.2339, -71.8363 · click any tract to drill in

Why Webster Square scores 6.1

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
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,725 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Webster Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Webster Square risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 733101Worcester: 6.66.6Worcesterparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.26.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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
  • 4.64%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.6%Peak (2015)
  • 7Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Webster Square. 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 Webster Square

63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Worcester County average of 44.4%. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7/10. Average gross rent is $1,725, 16% above the Worcester average.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 7 filings here across 1 tracked years. On the high side, eviction-process difficulty reads 7/10. Filings peaked in 2015 at 4.6% of renter households.

In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 79% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.9/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the Worcester County average of 5.8 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $102,404.

29% 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 25027733101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027733101?

Census tract 25027733101 in the Webster Square neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 25027733101?

Median gross rent is $1,725/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027733101?

5.9% of residents in tract 25027733101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,512.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027733101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 9th, minority 57th, housing 23th.
Q5

Is tract 25027733101 considered part of Webster Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027733101 fall within Webster Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027733101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 7 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027733101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.64% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25027733101 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.1% 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. 8.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25027733101 compare to Worcester overall?

Tract 25027733101 scores 6.1/10, 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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