Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Wayside Woods Eviction Risk: Elevated , Marlborough
Tract 25017321100 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 6,673 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 25017321100 covers part of the Wayside Woods area of Marlborough, MA, and scores 7.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,673. Against Middlesex County at 43.0%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.1
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
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
67
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 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
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
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)
- 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
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Court records carry 155 eviction filings across 5 observed years. It sits 0.8 points above the Middlesex County average of 6.3.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 4.0% of renter households were served. At $1,713 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Marlborough commands. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
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 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 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 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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