Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25027735200 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027735200 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,422
With a score of 4.8/10, tract 25027735200 in Worcester in Worcester County ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,422 residents. That is riskier than about 32% of US census tracts.
18% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,273 a month against an average household income of $100,300 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 18% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,788
Renter share18.1%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$100,300
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
38
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester County and the region
Centroid at 42.2386, -71.8906 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25027735200 scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,273 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 25027735200 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 14Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.9%Peak (2015)
- 14Filings 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.
- 10.0%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.0%Food insecurity
- 12.0%SNAP enrollment
- 6.8%Transit barriers
- 4.7%No health insurance
- 17.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25027735200
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 6.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Massachusetts eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Worcester County average of 6.0 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 14 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 2.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.9% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027735200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027735200?
Census tract 25027735200 in Worcester County scores 2.5/10 (Lower 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 25027735200?
Median gross rent is $1,273/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027735200?
2.8% of residents in tract 25027735200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,422.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027735200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 47th, minority 22th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027735200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027735200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.91% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027735200 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.0% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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