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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Malden Gaming District Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 25017342301 · Middlesex County, MA · pop 3,904 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 25017342301 sits in the Malden Gaming District area of Everett eviction risk, MA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 14% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,132
Renter share36.8%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$107,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 16 tracts In Malden Gaming District
Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 11 tracts In Malden
Very Low
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#132 of 357 tracts In Middlesex County
Elevated
Within state
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#554 of 1,613 tracts In Massachusetts
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Malden and the region

Centroid at 42.4125, -71.0583 · click any tract to drill in

Why Malden Gaming District scores 7

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
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,674 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Malden
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Malden
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Malden
7.4

How Malden Gaming District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Malden Gaming District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 342301Malden: 7.07.0Maldenparent cityCounty: 6.36.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 6.26.2Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

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

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.

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
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Malden Gaming District

Cost burden runs 62% here against 43.0% across Middlesex County. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.

Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $1,674, 19% below the Everett average. SNAP participation runs 25.5% against 15.2% nationally.

It sits 0.7 points above the Middlesex County average of 6.3. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 25017342301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 25017342301?

Census tract 25017342301 in the Malden Gaming District neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 25017342301?

Median gross rent is $1,674/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 25017342301?

2.9% of residents in tract 25017342301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,904.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 25017342301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 89th, minority 80th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 25017342301 considered part of Malden Gaming District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 25017342301 fall within Malden Gaming District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 25017342301 struggle to pay rent?

About 20.8% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 25017342301 compare to Malden overall?

Tract 25017342301 scores 7/10, right in line with 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.
Q8

Was tract 25017342301 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.

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