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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Whitinsville Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25027750200 · Worcester County, MA · pop 7,129 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 4.5/10, tract 25027750200 in the Whitinsville Historic District area of Whitinsville, MA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,129 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.3/10.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 7% Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,875
Renter share15.1%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$146,420

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
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#2 of 2 tracts In Whitinsville Historic District
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Whitinsville
Very Low
Within county
26 th percentile
Rank, 26th percentileLowHigh
#142 of 191 tracts In Worcester County
Low
Within state
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#1,272 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Whitinsville and the region

Centroid at 42.1314, -71.6529 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whitinsville Historic District scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,221 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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.
Whitinsville Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.54.5This tracttract 750200Whitinsville: 5.95.9Whitinsvilleparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.26.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 23

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
  • 2.60%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.6%Peak (2015)
  • 12Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whitinsville Historic District

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.

Against Worcester County at 44.4%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.3 points below the Worcester County average of 5.8. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Court records carry 12 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.8% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when 2.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 10% of average household income of $146,420, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 25027750200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027750200?

Census tract 25027750200 in the Whitinsville Historic District neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 25027750200?

Median gross rent is $1,221/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027750200?

5.4% of residents in tract 25027750200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,129.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027750200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 67th, minority 9th, housing 34th.
Q5

Is tract 25027750200 considered part of Whitinsville Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027750200 fall within Whitinsville Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027750200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027750200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.60% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25027750200 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25027750200 compare to Whitinsville overall?

Tract 25027750200 scores 4.5/10, lower than the parent city of Whitinsville at 5.9/10. 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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