Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25027737200 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027737200 · Worcester County, MA · pop 1,724
Tract 25027737200, home to 1,724 residents in Worcester, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 75% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,568 a month while the average household earns $62,431 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. About 68% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units783
Renter share68.1%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$62,431
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester County and the region
Centroid at 42.1917, -71.7583 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25027737200 scores 3.6
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
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,568 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 25027737200 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 8Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2015)
- 8Filings 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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 17.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25027737200
What moves this score most 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 about the same as the Worcester County average of 6.0 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 69th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 8 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027737200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027737200?
Census tract 25027737200 in Worcester County scores 3.6/10 (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 25027737200?
Median gross rent is $1,568/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027737200?
8.9% of residents in tract 25027737200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,724.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027737200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 75th, minority 16th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027737200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027737200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.93% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027737200 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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