Marlborough Eviction Risk: Elevated

Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $1,249, 33% below the Marlborough average.

Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. 68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. It sits 1.6 points above the Middlesex County average of 6.3.

SNAP participation runs 28.8% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $67,261.

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.