Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #22,303 of 84,120 nationally
Marlborough Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 25017321600 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 7,153
Census tract 25017321600 covers Marlborough in Middlesex County, home to 7,153 residents. For landlords it grades 5.6/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
65% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,708 a month against an average household income of $102,883 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,725
Renter share36.3%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$102,883
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Marlborough and the region
Centroid at 42.3644, -71.5353 · click any tract to drill in
Why Marlborough scores 6.2
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
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,708 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: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
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.
Historic baseline (2000-2018)
- 292Total filings over 5 yrs
- 5.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.3%Peak (2014)
- 63Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 21% 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.0%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Marlborough
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.6/10. 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 Marlborough 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 below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 292 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 5.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.3% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is White and multiracial or other-race and ranks around the 42nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017321600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017321600?
Census tract 25017321600 in Marlborough scores 6.2/10 (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 25017321600?
Median gross rent is $1,708/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017321600?
7.7% of residents in tract 25017321600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,153.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017321600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 55th, minority 61th, housing 28th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017321600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 292 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017321600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.17% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 25017321600 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 25017321600 compare to Marlborough overall?
Tract 25017321600 scores 6.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Marlborough at 6.3/10. 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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