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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

West Auburn Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 23001010200 · Androscoggin County, ME · pop 5,149 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

With a score of 4/10, tract 23001010200 in the West Auburn area of Auburn, ME reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.2/10.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 26% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,056
Renter share46.6%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$76,204

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In West Auburn
Moderate
Within parent city
14 th percentile
Rank, 14th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 8 tracts In Auburn
Very Low
Within county
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#20 of 32 tracts In Androscoggin County
Low
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#227 of 401 tracts In Maine
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Auburn and the region

Centroid at 44.1583, -70.2522 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Auburn scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Auburn
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,056 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Auburn
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Auburn
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Auburn
6.1

How West Auburn compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Auburn risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 0102004.5Auburnparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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

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 West Auburn

The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.2/10. Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 6.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $76,204, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

44% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Androscoggin County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,056, close to the Auburn average.

47% 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 23001010200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23001010200?

Census tract 23001010200 in the West Auburn neighborhood scores 4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 23001010200?

Median gross rent is $1,056/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 23001010200?

8.9% of residents in tract 23001010200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,149.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 23001010200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 60th, minority 3th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 23001010200 considered part of West Auburn?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 23001010200 fall within West Auburn (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 23001010200 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.9% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 23001010200 compare to Auburn overall?

Tract 23001010200 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Auburn at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Auburn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Auburn

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

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