Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Malden Gaming District Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25017341302 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 2,514 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 25017341302 covers part of the Malden Gaming District area of Malden, MA, and scores 7.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,514. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score

7.8

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 50% Owners 20%

Tract context

Occupied units1,202

Renter share80.2%

SVI overall0.37

Poverty rate12.3%

Median income$101,908

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Malden and the region

Centroid at 42.4341, -71.0692 · click any tract to drill in

Why Malden Gaming District scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Malden

8.3

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.3

State political climate

Massachusetts legislature & governorship

6.2

Economic stress

12.3% poverty · this tract

3.1

Supply constraint

$2,142 rent vs county FMR

2.6

Rent control risk

Inherited from Malden

6.6

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Malden

9.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Malden

6.4

How Malden Gaming District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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

35%Socioeconomic
4%Household composition
60%Racial/ethnic minority
77%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

0%Grade A
0%Grade B
99%Grade C
0%Grade D · redlined

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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

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

Within Malden Gaming District. 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.

11.2%Housing insecurity
6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
12.5%Food insecurity
13.1%SNAP enrollment
7.9%Transit barriers
4.4%No health insurance
14.8%Frequent mental distress
23.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Malden Gaming District

This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Running hot, local political climate reads 8.3/10. Against the Middlesex County average of 6.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.5/10. Cost burden runs 38% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Malden. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.3/10.

Statewide the MA average is 6.2, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $2,142, close to the Malden average.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $101,908.

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 25017341302

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017341302?

Census tract 25017341302 in the Malden Gaming District neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 25017341302?

Median gross rent is $2,142/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017341302?

12.3% of residents in tract 25017341302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,514.

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017341302?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 4th, minority 60th, housing 77th.

Is tract 25017341302 considered part of Malden Gaming District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017341302 fall within Malden Gaming District (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 25017341302 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.2% 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.

How does tract 25017341302 compare to Malden overall?

Tract 25017341302 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Malden at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Malden eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Was tract 25017341302 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Malden

Top eight tracts in Malden ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org