Census Tract · Ranked #28,080 of 84,120 nationally

Marlborough Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 25017321302 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,441

The Moderate-tier score of 4.9/10 for census tract 25017321302 reflects conditions in Marlborough, Massachusetts. On the national scale it ranks #54,509 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

25% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,315 monthly, set against $96,016 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score

5.7

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 33% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,461

Renter share44.1%

SVI overall0.33

Poverty rate8.3%

Median income$96,016

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Marlborough and the region

Centroid at 42.3332, -71.5607 · click any tract to drill in

Why Marlborough scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

8.3% poverty · this tract

2.1

Supply constraint

$1,315 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: 33

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

27%Socioeconomic
11%Household composition
44%Racial/ethnic minority
71%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.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020-2021)

0Total filings 2020-21
0.0Avg monthly (observed)
0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.00×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020-2021 2020-01-01 to 2023-11-01

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.

12.1%Housing insecurity
7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
12.4%Food insecurity
13.5%SNAP enrollment
8.3%Transit barriers
6.0%No health insurance
16.7%Frequent mental distress
27.6%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Marlborough

The score leans hardest on 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 about the same as the Middlesex County average of 5.2 and below the Massachusetts statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 33rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

In CDC survey modeling, about 12.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017321302

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017321302?

Census tract 25017321302 in Marlborough scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25017321302?

Median gross rent is $1,315/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017321302?

8.3% of residents in tract 25017321302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,441.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017321302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 11th, minority 44th, housing 71th.

What share of households in tract 25017321302 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.1% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 25017321302 compare to Marlborough overall?

Tract 25017321302 scores 5.7/10, lower than 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.