Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Webster Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25027754100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 6,904 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Webster
25027754100 is a census tract in Webster, MA. It scores 5.9/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,900
Renter share15.9%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate5.3%
Median income$104,093
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Webster and the region
Centroid at 42.0503, -71.8444 · click any tract to drill in
Why Webster scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Webster
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
5.3% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,213 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Webster
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Webster
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Webster
7.3
How Webster compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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)
- 22Total filings over 1 yrs
- 3.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2015)
- 22Filings 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.7%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 4.1%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Webster
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.3/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.5/10.
38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Worcester County average of 44.4%. Court records carry 22 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Food insecurity runs 9.7% against 17.8% nationally.
Adults with no health insurance runs 4.1% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when 3.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 16% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3/10. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $104,093, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 25027754100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027754100?
Census tract 25027754100 in Webster scores 5.9/10 (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 25027754100?
Median gross rent is $1,213/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027754100?
5.3% of residents in tract 25027754100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,904.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027754100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 68th, minority 27th, housing 30th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027754100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027754100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.70% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027754100 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027754100 compare to Webster overall?
Tract 25027754100 scores 5.9/10, lower than the parent city of Webster at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Webster; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Webster
Top eight tracts in Webster ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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