Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Malden Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 25017341904 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,170
For landlords sizing up Malden in Middlesex County, census tract 25017341904 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. That is riskier than about 68% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,519 a month while the average household earns $86,131 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,081
Renter share59.9%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate19.4%
Median income$86,131
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
79
th percentile
High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Malden and the region
Centroid at 42.4339, -71.0306 · click any tract to drill in
Why Malden scores 5.1
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
19.4% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,519 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 68%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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
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.
- 18.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.3%Food insecurity
- 29.8%SNAP enrollment
- 13.8%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Malden
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 18.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Asian and ranks around the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017341904
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017341904?
Census tract 25017341904 in Malden scores 5.1/10 (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 25017341904?
Median gross rent is $1,519/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017341904?
19.4% of residents in tract 25017341904 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,170.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017341904?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 85th, minority 68th, housing 78th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25017341904 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.5% 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. 12.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 25017341904 compare to Malden overall?
Tract 25017341904 scores 5.1/10, 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.
Q7
Was tract 25017341904 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. 100% 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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