Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Marlborough Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25017321400 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 4,451
25017321400 is a census tract in Marlborough, MA. It scores 6/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,451. Average gross rent is $2,756, 47% above the Marlborough average.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,777
Renter share40.4%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$125,972
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Marlborough and the region
Centroid at 42.3415, -71.5926 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marlborough scores 6
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
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$2,756 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 35Total filings over 5 yrs
- 1.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2012)
- 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% over the past 5 months.
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.
- 9.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.0%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.3%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 23.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marlborough
Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 31% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.3/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Well under the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally.
The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Court records carry 35 eviction filings across 5 observed years.
Adults with no health insurance runs 4.0% against 11.3% nationally. Filings peaked in 2012 at 4.0% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017321400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017321400?
Census tract 25017321400 in Marlborough scores 6/10 (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 25017321400?
Median gross rent is $2,756/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017321400?
5.2% of residents in tract 25017321400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,451.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017321400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 49th, minority 56th, housing 89th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017321400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 35 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017321400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.78% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017321400 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.0% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017321400 compare to Marlborough overall?
Tract 25017321400 scores 6/10, lower 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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Middlesex County
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