Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally

Lewiston Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 23001020900 · Androscoggin County, ME · pop 4,390

Tract 23001020900, home to 4,390 residents in Lewiston, scores 5.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 53rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $976 a month while the average household earns $50,025 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.7

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 23% Owners 56%

Tract context

Occupied units1,595

Renter share43.9%

SVI overall0.76

Poverty rate12.6%

Median income$50,025

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lewiston and the region

Centroid at 44.1388, -70.1936 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lewiston scores 4.7

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

12.6% poverty · this tract

3.2

Supply constraint

$976 rent vs county FMR

2.7

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: 76

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

73%Socioeconomic
83%Household composition
29%Racial/ethnic minority
74%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.

17.0%Housing insecurity
13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
21.0%Food insecurity
29.2%SNAP enrollment
14.3%Transit barriers
11.2%No health insurance
22.4%Frequent mental distress
41.2%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lewiston

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 Lewiston 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 Androscoggin County average of 5.4 and above the Maine statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 17.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 23001020900

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23001020900?

Census tract 23001020900 in Lewiston scores 4.7/10 (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 23001020900?

Median gross rent is $976/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 23001020900?

12.6% of residents in tract 23001020900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,390.

How socially vulnerable is tract 23001020900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 83th, minority 29th, housing 74th.

What share of households in tract 23001020900 struggle to pay rent?

About 17.0% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 23001020900 compare to Lewiston overall?

Tract 23001020900 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Lewiston at 5/10. 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.