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Windsor Court Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Southbridge Town

Tract 25027757100 · Worcester County, MA · pop 4,722 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi

With a score of 7.3/10, tract 25027757100 in the Windsor Court Historic District area of Southbridge Town, MA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,722 residents. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 30% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,824
Renter share54.8%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$66,958

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Windsor Court Historic District
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Southbridge Town
Very High
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#49 of 191 tracts In Worcester County
Elevated
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#479 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Southbridge Town and the region

Centroid at 42.0952, -72.0296 · click any tract to drill in

Why Windsor Court Historic District scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Southbridge Town
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,441 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Southbridge Town
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Southbridge Town
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Southbridge Town
5.7

How Windsor Court Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Windsor Court Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.37.3This tracttract 757100Southbridge Town: 5.95.9Southbridge Townparent cityCounty: 5.85.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.26.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 68

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)

  • 66Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 6.50%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.5%Peak (2015)
  • 66Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Windsor Court 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 Windsor Court Historic District

Against the Worcester County average of 5.8, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 2.8/10. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

SNAP participation runs 24.9% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 66 filings here across 1 tracked years.

Average gross rent is $1,441, 15% above the Southbridge Town average. The worst year on record was 2015, when 6.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.5% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.1/10.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25027757100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25027757100?

Census tract 25027757100 in the Windsor Court Historic District neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 25027757100?

Median gross rent is $1,441/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25027757100?

20.4% of residents in tract 25027757100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,722.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25027757100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 74th, minority 56th, housing 49th.
Q5

Is tract 25027757100 considered part of Windsor Court Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25027757100 fall within Windsor Court Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25027757100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 66 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 25027757100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.50% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 25027757100 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.2% 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. 11.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 25027757100 compare to Southbridge Town overall?

Tract 25027757100 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Southbridge Town at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Southbridge Town; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Southbridge Town

Top eight tracts in Southbridge Town ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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