Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Gorham Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 23005004002 · Cumberland County, ME · pop 7,839 · 72% of tract blocks fall in Gorham
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 23005004002 (Gorham in Cumberland County, Maine) comes in at 4.9/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 35% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,506 monthly, set against $122,222 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,798
Renter share18.8%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$122,222
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
National
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gorham and the region
Centroid at 43.6716, -70.4472 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gorham scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gorham
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,506 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gorham
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gorham
4.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gorham
4.6
How Gorham compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.3%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 25.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gorham
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.2/10. 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 Gorham eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Cumberland County average of 4.5 and in line with the Maine statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 23005004002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23005004002?
Census tract 23005004002 in Gorham scores 1.3/10 (Lower 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 23005004002?
Median gross rent is $1,506/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23005004002?
1.7% of residents in tract 23005004002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,839.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23005004002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 14th, minority 20th, housing 70th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 23005004002 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 23005004002 compare to Gorham overall?
Tract 23005004002 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Gorham at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gorham eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gorham
Top eight tracts in Gorham ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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