Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Marlborough Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25017321500 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,934
Tract 25017321500 sits in Marlborough eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,952
Renter share47.7%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$94,274
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Marlborough and the region
Centroid at 42.3570, -71.5737 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marlborough scores 7.4
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
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,993 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 137Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2016)
- 35Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% 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.
- 14.0%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.0%Food insecurity
- 16.6%SNAP enrollment
- 9.6%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marlborough
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.6/10. Cost burden runs 52% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2/10.
It sits 1.1 points above the Middlesex County average of 6.3. Running cool, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 137 evictions over 5 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2016 at 3.1% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017321500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017321500?
Census tract 25017321500 in Marlborough scores 7.4/10 (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 25017321500?
Median gross rent is $1,993/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017321500?
10.7% of residents in tract 25017321500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,934.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017321500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 59th, minority 56th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017321500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 137 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017321500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.25% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017321500 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.0% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017321500 compare to Marlborough overall?
Tract 25017321500 scores 7.4/10, 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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