Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Upton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027743100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 8,037 · 35% of tract blocks fall in Upton
Eviction risk in Upton centers on tract 25027743100, which scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 8,037 residents. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $155,952 a year. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units2,954
Renter share9.7%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$155,952
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 Upton and the region
Centroid at 42.1765, -71.6036 · click any tract to drill in
Why Upton scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Upton
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 Upton
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Upton
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Upton
4.8
How Upton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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)
- 9Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2015)
- 9Filings 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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.1%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 2.8%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 22.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Upton
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.1/10. 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 Upton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Worcester County average of 6.0 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 9 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 1.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.9% of renter households in 2015.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027743100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027743100?
Census tract 25027743100 in Upton 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 25027743100?
2.5% of residents in tract 25027743100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,037.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027743100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 41th, minority 31th, housing 20th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027743100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027743100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.91% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25027743100 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 4.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25027743100 compare to Upton overall?
Tract 25027743100 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Upton at 5.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Upton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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