Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
West Main Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Westborough
Tract 25027742402 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,943 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
25027742402 is a census tract in the West Main Street Historic District area of Worcester County, MA. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs 27% here against 44.4% across Worcester County.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,689
Renter share50.1%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$146,895
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westborough and the region
Centroid at 42.2570, -71.6457 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Main Street Historic District scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westborough
6.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,060 rent vs county FMR
6.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westborough
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westborough
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westborough
5.0
How West Main Street Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 12%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 31Total filings over 1 yrs
- 4.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2015)
- 31Filings 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.
- 6.5%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.2%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.6%Transit barriers
- 2.6%No health insurance
- 12.6%Frequent mental distress
- 15.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Main Street Historic District
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 15.6% against 31.5% nationally.
Against the Worcester County average of 5.8, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.6 points. Food insecurity runs 7.2% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 31 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 4.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5/10. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $146,895, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.0 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027742402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027742402?
Census tract 25027742402 in the West Main Street Historic District neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 25027742402?
Median gross rent is $2,060/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027742402?
3.5% of residents in tract 25027742402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,943.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027742402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 24th, minority 78th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 25027742402 considered part of West Main Street Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027742402 fall within West Main Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027742402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 31 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027742402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.19% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25027742402 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.5% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25027742402 compare to Westborough overall?
Tract 25027742402 scores 4.2/10, 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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