Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally

Malden Gaming District Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25017341301 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 4,012 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Malden Gaming District in Malden is where census tract 25017341301 sits, home to 4,012 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.8/10. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.

40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,285 monthly, set against $77,004 in average yearly household income, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 96% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 38% Stable renters 57% Owners 5%

Tract context

Occupied units2,197

Renter share95.6%

SVI overall0.59

Poverty rate20.0%

Median income$77,004

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Malden and the region

Centroid at 42.4223, -71.0713 · click any tract to drill in

Why Malden Gaming District scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Malden

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.3

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

20.0% poverty · this tract

5.0

Supply constraint

$2,285 rent vs county FMR

3.1

Rent control risk

Inherited from Malden

6.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Malden

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Malden

6.4

How Malden Gaming District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

48%Socioeconomic
6%Household composition
83%Racial/ethnic minority
94%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
17%Grade C
25%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

0Total filings 2020-21
0.0Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Boston, MA as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Malden Gaming 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.

10.6%Housing insecurity
6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
13.4%Food insecurity
13.5%SNAP enrollment
8.6%Transit barriers
4.3%No health insurance
14.9%Frequent mental distress
22.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Malden Gaming District

What moves this score most 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 Malden eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and in line with the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 25% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017341301

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017341301?

Census tract 25017341301 in the Malden Gaming District neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25017341301?

Median gross rent is $2,285/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017341301?

20.0% of residents in tract 25017341301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,012.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017341301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 6th, minority 83th, housing 94th.

Is tract 25017341301 considered part of Malden Gaming District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017341301 fall within Malden Gaming District (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25017341301 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.6% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017341301 compare to Malden overall?

Tract 25017341301 scores 5.3/10, lower than the parent city of Malden at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Malden eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25017341301 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 25% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Malden

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

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org