Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Whitinsville Historic District Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 25027750100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 6,354 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 25027750100, home to 6,354 residents in the Whitinsville Historic District area of Whitinsville, scores 5.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 61% of US census tracts.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,271 a month while the average household earns $86,569 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,649
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$86,569
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitinsville and the region
Centroid at 42.1188, -71.6725 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitinsville Historic District scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Whitinsville
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,271 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitinsville
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitinsville
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitinsville
4.4
How Whitinsville Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 53Total filings over 1 yrs
- 4.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2015)
- 53Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Whitinsville 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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 14.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 4.4%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitinsville Historic District
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. 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 Whitinsville, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 44th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027750100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027750100?
Census tract 25027750100 in the Whitinsville Historic District neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 25027750100?
Median gross rent is $1,271/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027750100?
11.7% of residents in tract 25027750100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,354.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027750100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 81th, minority 28th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 25027750100 considered part of Whitinsville Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027750100 fall within Whitinsville Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027750100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 53 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027750100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.94% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25027750100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 25027750100 compare to Whitinsville overall?
Tract 25027750100 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Whitinsville at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitinsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Whitinsville
Top eight tracts in Whitinsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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