Middlesex County, Massachusetts · HUD 2027 QCT list

Qualified census tracts in Middlesex County, Massachusetts (2027)

32 census tracts in Middlesex County are qualified census tracts on HUD's 2027 list, home to 135,483 people in the 2020 Census. A LIHTC building in one can take 130% of eligible basis for allocations and bond issues after December 31, 2026.

322027 qualified census tracts
135,483people in them (2020 Census)
6with a poverty rate of 25% or more (2020-2024 ACS)
15holding a monitored LIHTC property

Tract list

Click a column to sort. A tract's 11-digit GEOID is the county code 25017 followed by the tract number as six digits (tract 92.04 is 009204).
Census tractPopulationPoverty rateMedian household incomeLIHTC properties
3101.013,47222.3%$63,3938
3101.022,60939.8%$38,8856
31036,689n/a$69,2972
31043,42933.5%$51,8300
31074,53015.7%$63,0150
31123,21725.2%$46,2500
31193,06220.6%$45,4171
31203,04719.4%$45,9230
31242,50518.4%$40,0771
3213.014,351n/a$72,1430
32236,2819.3%$67,6161
3391.013,26716.5%$77,3860
3413.014,565n/a$91,0762
34187,075n/a$67,9642
3421.024,71810%$68,8641
3422.024,208n/a$80,6410
3424.014,604n/a$60,1150
3425.014,740n/a$63,5002
3425.023,080n/a$56,0980
34264,969n/a$91,5750
3507.023,31518.3%$43,4513
35152,464n/a$85,2741
35241,879n/a$74,4321
3531.026,23826.4%$71,3020
35396,139n/a$74,0760
3689.023,69122.9%$58,8870
36903,30057.8%n/a0
3831.014,14920%$71,7711
3831.025,012n/a$56,6380
3834.023,799n/a$67,2880
3835.014,67414.7%$62,8800
38836,40537.5%$23,5008

Source: HUD 2027 QCT data file (qct_data_2027.xlsx), the tract figures HUD published with the 2027 list (population: 2020 Census; poverty rate and median household income: 2020-2024 ACS 5-year estimates, blank where HUD's file is blank). LIHTC properties: monitored properties in HUD's LIHTC database (LIHTCPUB, revised May 28, 2026). Designations: FR Doc. 2026-20390.

Changes from 2026: 2 tracts are new for 2027 (3101.01, 3424.01); 4 dropped off since 2026 (3106.01, 3118, 3421.01, 3527). All 2027 changes.

How HUD picks these tracts

A tract qualifies when at least half of its households earn under 60% of area median gross income, or its poverty rate is 25% or more. HUD cannot designate more than 20% of a metro or nonmetro area's population, so it ranks eligible tracts and some that pass the tests miss the list. That is why a tract in this county with a high poverty rate may not appear here. The 2027 designations take effect for buildings whose credits are allocated, or whose bonds are issued, after December 31, 2026; a site that drops off a later list keeps its status if a complete application was filed before the new list took effect and credits are allocated within 730 days of that filing (HUD notice, FR Doc. 2026-20390, section VII).

Census tract boundaries do not follow streets you can see, so confirm a site with the address lookup, which returns the tract from the Census geocoder.

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