Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Malden Gaming District Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017342302 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,829 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
In the Malden Gaming District area of Malden, census tract 25017342302 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #36,087 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,943 a month against an average household income of $98,788 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,250
Renter share52.6%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$98,788
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Malden and the region
Centroid at 42.4120, -71.0640 · click any tract to drill in
Why Malden Gaming District scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
11.8% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,943 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Malden
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Malden
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Malden
7.4
How Malden Gaming District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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
- 37%Grade C
- 63%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
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.
- 18.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.1%Food insecurity
- 21.4%SNAP enrollment
- 12.0%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Malden Gaming District
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 about the same as the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017342302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017342302?
Census tract 25017342302 in the Malden Gaming District neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25017342302?
Median gross rent is $1,943/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017342302?
11.8% of residents in tract 25017342302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,829.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017342302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 55th, minority 68th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 25017342302 considered part of Malden Gaming District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017342302 fall within Malden Gaming District (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017342302 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.6% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017342302 compare to Malden overall?
Tract 25017342302 scores 4.3/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 25017342302 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. 63% 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.
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/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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4.6
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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