Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Marlborough Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25017321302 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,441
Tract 25017321302 sits in Marlborough eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. Population here is 3,441. 25% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Middlesex County average of 43.0%.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,461
Renter share44.1%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$96,016
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Marlborough and the region
Centroid at 42.3332, -71.5607 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marlborough scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Marlborough
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.3
State political climate
Massachusetts legislature & governorship
6.2
Economic stress
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,315 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Marlborough
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Marlborough
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Marlborough
6.2
How Marlborough compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%Housing & transportation
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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 13.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.3%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marlborough
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10.
At $1,315 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Marlborough commands. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10. It sits 0.8 points above the Middlesex County average of 6.3.
On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $96,016, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017321302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017321302?
Census tract 25017321302 in Marlborough scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 25017321302?
Median gross rent is $1,315/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017321302?
8.3% of residents in tract 25017321302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,441.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017321302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 11th, minority 44th, housing 71th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 25017321302 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.
Q6
How does tract 25017321302 compare to Marlborough overall?
Tract 25017321302 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Marlborough at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Marlborough eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Marlborough
Top eight tracts in Marlborough ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Marlborough
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Middlesex County
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Massachusetts
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