Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally
Augusta Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 23011010500 · Kennebec County, ME · pop 4,355
Tract 23011010500 covers Augusta in Maine. Home to 4,355 residents, it scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #16,361 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $816 monthly, set against $44,709 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,988
Renter share37.3%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate24.9%
Median income$44,709
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Augusta and the region
Centroid at 44.2984, -69.7073 · click any tract to drill in
Why Augusta scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Augusta
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
24.9% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$816 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Augusta
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Augusta
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Augusta
6.9
How Augusta 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.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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.
- 12.9%Housing insecurity
- 9.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.7%Food insecurity
- 20.9%SNAP enrollment
- 10.0%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 19.3%Frequent mental distress
- 39.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Augusta
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. 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 Augusta eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kennebec County average of 5.2 and above 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 57th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 9.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 23011010500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23011010500?
Census tract 23011010500 in Augusta 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 23011010500?
Median gross rent is $816/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23011010500?
24.9% of residents in tract 23011010500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,355.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23011010500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 38th, minority 7th, housing 92th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 23011010500 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. 9.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 23011010500 compare to Augusta overall?
Tract 23011010500 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Augusta at 4.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Augusta eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Augusta
Top eight tracts in Augusta ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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