Malden Eviction Risk: High

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.1 points. Average gross rent is $1,519, 31% below the Malden average.

SNAP participation runs 29.8% against 15.2% nationally. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.3/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Malden. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. Nationally it ranks #5,730 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.