Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
West Main Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower , Westborough
Tract 25027742402 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,943 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
In West Main Street Historic District in Westborough, census tract 25027742402 scores 5.3/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 50% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 27% of renter households, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,060 a month against an average household income of $146,895 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2
Lower
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
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
27
th percentile
Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
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 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
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 Westborough, 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 45th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.5% 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 25027742402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027742402?
Census tract 25027742402 in the West Main Street Historic District neighborhood 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 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 2/10, lower than the parent city of Westborough at 5.6/10. 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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