Census Tract · Ranked #23,426 of 84,120 nationally

Malden Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25017341903 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 7,046

The Moderate-tier score of 5.6/10 for census tract 25017341903 reflects conditions in Malden, Massachusetts. On the national scale it ranks #32,868 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,495 a month against an average household income of $125,380 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 76% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

6.1

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 45% Owners 24%

Tract context

Occupied units3,023

Renter share76.0%

SVI overall0.39

Poverty rate10.8%

Median income$125,380

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Malden and the region

Centroid at 42.4393, -71.0318 · click any tract to drill in

Why Malden scores 6.1

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

10.8% poverty · this tract

2.7

Supply constraint

$2,495 rent vs county FMR

3.8

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 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 39

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

30%Socioeconomic
12%Household composition
63%Racial/ethnic minority
73%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
42%Grade C
58%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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

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

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.

12.1%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
12.6%Food insecurity
13.4%SNAP enrollment
8.3%Transit barriers
4.8%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
22.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Malden

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 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 below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 58% 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 25017341903

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017341903?

Census tract 25017341903 in Malden scores 6.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25017341903?

Median gross rent is $2,495/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017341903?

10.8% of residents in tract 25017341903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,046.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017341903?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 12th, minority 63th, housing 73th.

What share of households in tract 25017341903 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.1% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017341903 compare to Malden overall?

Tract 25017341903 scores 6.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Malden at 6.2/10. 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 25017341903 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. 58% 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.