Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,273 of 84,120 nationally
Wayside Woods Eviction Risk: Elevated , Marlborough
Tract 25017321100 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,673 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 25017321100, home to 6,673 residents in the Wayside Woods area of Marlborough, scores 5.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #32,861 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 71% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,713 monthly, set against $92,634 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 32% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,933
Renter share31.6%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$92,634
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Marlborough and the region
Centroid at 42.3545, -71.4973 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayside Woods scores 6.4
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
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,713 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 Wayside Woods compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 48%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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)
- 155Total filings over 5 yrs
- 2.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2016)
- 44Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.3%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 4.6%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wayside Woods
What moves this score most 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 155 eviction filings here over 5 tracked years, with about 2.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.0% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 25017321100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017321100?
Census tract 25017321100 in the Wayside Woods neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 25017321100?
Median gross rent is $1,713/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 25017321100?
7.7% of residents in tract 25017321100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,673.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 25017321100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 92th, minority 48th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 25017321100 considered part of Wayside Woods?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017321100 fall within Wayside Woods (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 25017321100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 155 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 25017321100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.78% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 25017321100 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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.
Q8
How does tract 25017321100 compare to Marlborough overall?
Tract 25017321100 scores 6.4/10, 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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