Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Northborough Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027740102 · Worcester County, MA · pop 6,082 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Northborough
In Northborough, census tract 25027740102 scores 5.3/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $206,639 a year. Renters make up 4% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units2,127
Renter share3.9%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$206,639
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
5
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Northborough and the region
Centroid at 42.3234, -71.6257 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northborough scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Northborough
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Northborough
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Northborough
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Northborough
4.1
How Northborough 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.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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)
- 2Total filings over 1 yrs
- 0.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.8%Peak (2015)
- 2Filings 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.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.5%Food insecurity
- 6.7%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 13.7%Frequent mental distress
- 21.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northborough
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 inherited from Northborough, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 0.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 0.8% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is predominantly 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027740102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027740102?
Census tract 25027740102 in Northborough scores 1.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 25027740102?
2.5% of residents in tract 25027740102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,082.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027740102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 39th, minority 29th, housing 27th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027740102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027740102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.82% of renter households, peaking at 0.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25027740102 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.2% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25027740102 compare to Northborough overall?
Tract 25027740102 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Northborough at 5.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Northborough; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Northborough
Top eight tracts in Northborough ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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