Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Webster Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25027754400 · Worcester County, MA · pop 3,991
In Webster, census tract 25027754400 scores 6.5/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 87% of US census tracts.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,277 a month against an average household income of $66,131 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,538
Renter share45.3%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$66,131
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Webster and the region
Centroid at 42.0298, -71.8735 · click any tract to drill in
Why Webster scores 4.8
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
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,277 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 49Total filings over 1 yrs
- 6.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2015)
- 49Filings 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.
- 14.2%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.3%Food insecurity
- 20.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.8%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 19.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Webster
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Webster, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Worcester County average of 6.0 and above the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 49 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 6.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.5% of renter households in 2015.
In CDC survey modeling, about 14.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.7% 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 25027754400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027754400?
Census tract 25027754400 in Webster scores 4.8/10 (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 25027754400?
Median gross rent is $1,277/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25027754400?
11.7% of residents in tract 25027754400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,991.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25027754400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 87th, minority 44th, housing 77th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027754400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 49 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027754400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.49% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25027754400 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.2% 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25027754400 compare to Webster overall?
Tract 25027754400 scores 4.8/10, lower than the parent city of Webster at 6.3/10. 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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