Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Lewiston Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 23001020200 · Androscoggin County, ME · pop 1,456

With a score of 5.5/10, tract 23001020200 in Lewiston, ME reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,456. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

5.5

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 35% Owners 35%

Tract context

Occupied units808

Renter share65.0%

SVI overall0.57

Poverty rate19.5%

Median income$43,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lewiston and the region

Centroid at 44.1063, -70.2162 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lewiston scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lewiston

5.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

4.9

State political climate

Maine legislature & governorship

4.0

Economic stress

19.5% poverty · this tract

4.9

Supply constraint

$949 rent vs county FMR

2.5

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lewiston

3.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

5.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lewiston

4.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lewiston

5.0

How Lewiston compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

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

61%Socioeconomic
52%Household composition
19%Racial/ethnic minority
61%Housing & transportation

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.

17.4%Housing insecurity
13.2%Utility-shutoff threat
19.4%Food insecurity
25.8%SNAP enrollment
13.2%Transit barriers
11.9%No health insurance
23.0%Frequent mental distress
36.0%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lewiston

The clearest offset is supply constraint at 2.5/10. SNAP participation runs 25.8% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 1.1 points above the Androscoggin County average of 4.4.

The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Cost burden runs 46% here against 41.2% across Androscoggin County. On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10. Statewide the ME average is 4.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Average gross rent is $949, close to the Lewiston average.

Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $43,625. 65% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 23001020200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23001020200?

Census tract 23001020200 in Lewiston scores 5.5/10 (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 23001020200?

Median gross rent is $949/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 23001020200?

19.5% of residents in tract 23001020200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,456.

How socially vulnerable is tract 23001020200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 52th, minority 19th, housing 61th.

What share of households in tract 23001020200 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.4% 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. 13.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 23001020200 compare to Lewiston overall?

Tract 23001020200 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Lewiston at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lewiston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lewiston

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