Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 25027739102 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027739102 · Worcester County, MA · pop 5,474
Census tract 25027739102 runs through Worcester in Worcester County. With 5,474 residents, it scores 5.3/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,128 a month against an average household income of $129,549 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,003
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$129,549
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Worcester County and the region
Centroid at 42.2604, -71.6859 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 25027739102 scores 2
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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,128 rent vs county FMR
6.5
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 25027739102 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%Housing & transportation
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.
- 6.4%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 17.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 25027739102
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 6.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 Asian and White and ranks around the 14th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027739102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027739102?
Census tract 25027739102 in Worcester County scores 2/10 (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 25027739102?
Median gross rent is $2,128/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027739102?
3.8% of residents in tract 25027739102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,474.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027739102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 9th, minority 75th, housing 38th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25027739102 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.4% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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