Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25027737100 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027737100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 5,309
Census tract 25027737100 sits in Worcester eviction risk in Worcester County, Massachusetts eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 11% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,523 a month against an average household income of $126,518 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,017
Renter share18.1%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$126,518
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester County and the region
Centroid at 42.1775, -71.7872 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25027737100 scores 2.1
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
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,523 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 25027737100 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 11Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2015)
- 11Filings 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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 11.2%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25027737100
The heaviest input here is 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 11th 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 11 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 1.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.9% 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 25027737100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027737100?
Census tract 25027737100 in Worcester County scores 2.1/10 (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 25027737100?
Median gross rent is $1,523/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027737100?
3.7% of residents in tract 25027737100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,309.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027737100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 46th, minority 20th, housing 11th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027737100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027737100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.94% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027737100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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