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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

West Main Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Westborough

Tract 25027742300 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,381 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 25027742300 covers part of the West Main Street Historic District area of Westborough, MA, and scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,381. Cost burden runs 29% here against 44.4% across Worcester County.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 34% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,979
Renter share47.6%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$100,037

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In West Main Street Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Westborough
Moderate
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#103 of 191 tracts In Worcester County
Moderate
Within state
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#940 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Westborough and the region

Centroid at 42.2674, -71.6175 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Main Street Historic District scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Westborough
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,503 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westborough
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westborough
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westborough
4.0

How West Main Street Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Main Street Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 742300Westborough: 6.06.0Westboroughparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.26.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 41

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 12Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.63%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.6%Peak (2015)
  • 12Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within West Main Street Historic District. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Main Street Historic District

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 12 filings here across 1 tracked years. The severe-burden share is 8%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally. Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when 1.6% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 1.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

It tracks the Worcester County average of 5.8 closely. Average gross rent is $1,503, close to the Westborough average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 25027742300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027742300?

Census tract 25027742300 in the West Main Street Historic District neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (Moderate 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 25027742300?

Median gross rent is $1,503/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027742300?

6.3% of residents in tract 25027742300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,381.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027742300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 51th, minority 36th, housing 78th.
Q5

Is tract 25027742300 considered part of West Main Street Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027742300 fall within West Main Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027742300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027742300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.63% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25027742300 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25027742300 compare to Westborough overall?

Tract 25027742300 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Westborough at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westborough; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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