Tract 23005002800 ·
Cumberland County, ME · pop 3,295 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 23005002800 sits in the Cumberland Mills area of Westbrook eviction risk, ME, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. Population here is 3,295. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40%Stable renters 19%Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,652
Renter share58.5%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate24.1%
Median income$48,095
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Cumberland Mills
Moderate
Within parent city
100th percentile
#1 of 5 tracts In Westbrook
Very High
Within county
68th percentile
#26 of 80 tracts In Cumberland County
Elevated
Within state
88th percentile
#50 of 401 tracts In Maine
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westbrook and the region
Centroid at 43.6750, -70.3402 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cumberland Mills scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Westbrook
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
24.1% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,351 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westbrook
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westbrook
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westbrook
5.5
How Cumberland Mills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
44%Socioeconomic
43%Household composition
27%Racial/ethnic minority
71%Housing & transportation
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.
12.9%Housing insecurity
10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
14.7%Food insecurity
20.9%SNAP enrollment
10.9%Transit barriers
9.1%No health insurance
20.4%Frequent mental distress
32.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cumberland Mills
Against Cumberland County at 38.5%, 68% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.7/10.
Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $48,095, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.5/10.
On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.8/10. It sits 0.8 points above the Cumberland County average of 5.0. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the ME average is 4.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Average gross rent is $1,351, close to the Westbrook average.
59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 23005002800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23005002800?
Census tract 23005002800 in the Cumberland Mills neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 23005002800?
Median gross rent is $1,351/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23005002800?
24.1% of residents in tract 23005002800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,295.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23005002800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 43th, minority 27th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 23005002800 considered part of Cumberland Mills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 23005002800 fall within Cumberland Mills (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 23005002800 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.9% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 23005002800 compare to Westbrook overall?
Tract 23005002800 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Westbrook at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westbrook eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Westbrook
Top eight tracts in Westbrook ranked by composite eviction-risk score.