Neighborhood · Malden, MA

Malden Gaming District Eviction Risk: Elevated

16 census tracts · pop 77,143 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.8/10 · range 5.4–8.6

Malden Gaming District is a 16-tract neighborhood of Malden, MA, population 77,143. The Eviction Risk Score is 7.8/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 52% against 30.5% citywide, putting Malden Gaming District 21.2% over its own city.

What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. Scores across the 16 constituent tracts range from 5.4 to 8.6. A 3.2-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here. The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

On the softer side is supply constraint, at 1.9/10. Filings are well documented here: 1,497 across 10 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 7.2% of renter households.

Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 3/10. At $1,951 a month, rents sit 11% under what the rest of Malden commands.

The most recent observed rate, 2.6% in 2016, is well off that peak. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $93,418. 54% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 3.2 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

7.8

Elevated

16 tracts · population-weighted

Malden Gaming District vs Malden How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

51.7% +70%

Malden: 30.5%

Average gross rent

$1,951 -11%

Malden: $2,204

Average HH income

$93,418 -2%

Malden: $95,298

Poverty rate

11.9% -10%

Malden: 13.3%

Renter share

53.7% -9%

Malden: 58.7%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Malden Gaming District and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 16 tracts span score 5.4–8.6

Why Malden Gaming District scores 7.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 6.2–6.2 across tracts

6.2

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 7.3–7.3 across tracts

7.3

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 8.3–8.3 across tracts

8.3

Rent control risk

52% of income on rent · Range 6.0–8.0 across tracts

6.9

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.9–6.0 across tracts

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

54% renter households · Range 6.9–9.7 across tracts

9.4

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 4.3–7.4 across tracts

6.5

Economic stress

11.9% below poverty line · Range 1.0–5.0 across tracts

3.0

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–3.5 across tracts

1.9

Risk score comparison

Malden Gaming District vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Malden Gaming District?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

0246810

Spread of 3.2 points from 5.4 to 8.6. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

8.6 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.3 8.1 8.0 7.8 7.6 7.4 7.0 6.7 6.0 5.4

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

16 tracts in Malden Gaming District

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
25017342202	8.6	3,926	65%	$1,660
25017341200	8.4	7,304	35%	$1,902
25017341800	8.4	7,297	60%	$1,829
25017341102	8.4	5,353	42%	$2,013
25017341301	8.4	4,012	40%	$2,285
25017341600	8.3	6,445	50%	$1,733
25017342201	8.3	5,713	56%	$2,146
25017342302	8.1	3,829	34%	$1,943
25017341400	8	6,734	65%	$1,837
25017341302	7.8	2,514	38%	$2,142
25017341500	7.6	4,746	48%	$1,852
25017341700	7.4	5,632	63%	$2,019
25017342301	7	3,904	62%	$1,674
25017341101	6.7	4,049	48%	$2,316
25017336404	6	2,443	72%	$1,763
25017336403	5.4	3,242	45%	$2,413

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 65

Pop-weighted across 16 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 63%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 48%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 71%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 66%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Malden Gaming District

Aggregated across 10 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

1,497Total filings (sum)
2.71%Avg annual filing rate
7.2%Peak year (2015)
2.57%Latest filed (2016)

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Malden Gaming District

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

15.3%Housing insecurity
9.0%Utility shutoff threat
17.5%Food insecurity
19.3%SNAP enrollment
6.7%No health insurance
28.6%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Malden Gaming District

What is the eviction-risk score for Malden Gaming District?

Malden Gaming District scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier) across 16 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Malden Gaming District compare to Malden overall?

Malden Gaming District scores 0.8 points higher than Malden overall (7/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,951 vs $2,204.

What is the average rent in Malden Gaming District?

Average gross rent in Malden eviction risk Gaming District is $1,951/month (pop-weighted across 16 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Malden Gaming District residents are renters?

54% of Malden Gaming District households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in Malden). The neighborhood has 77,143 residents.

Is Malden Gaming District a high social-vulnerability area?

Malden Gaming District sits in the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Malden Gaming District have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Malden Gaming District is census tract 25017342202 (score 8.6/10). Across the 16 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.4 to 8.6, a spread of 3.2 points.

How safe is Malden Gaming District for landlords?

Malden eviction risk Gaming District carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.8/10). Pop-weighted across 16 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Malden as a whole (7/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Malden Gaming District?

Malden Gaming District has 76,968 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (42.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (22.1%), Hispanic / Latino (14.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

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