Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Gardiner Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 23011011000 · Kennebec County, ME · pop 4,306
Gardiner in Kennebec County anchors census tract 23011011000, which lands at 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 46% of US census tracts.
About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $963 a month while the average household earns $68,178 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,938
Renter share29.2%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$68,178
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
37
th percentile
Low
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gardiner and the region
Centroid at 44.1740, -69.7959 · click any tract to drill in
Why Gardiner scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Gardiner
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$963 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gardiner
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gardiner
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gardiner
5.7
How Gardiner compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 14.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Gardiner
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength 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 Gardiner 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 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 37th 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 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.6% 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 23011011000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23011011000?
Census tract 23011011000 in Gardiner scores 3.3/10 (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 23011011000?
Median gross rent is $963/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23011011000?
7.0% of residents in tract 23011011000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,306.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23011011000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 31th, minority 5th, housing 50th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 23011011000 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 7.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 23011011000 compare to Gardiner overall?
Tract 23011011000 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of Gardiner at 4.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gardiner eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Gardiner
Top eight tracts in Gardiner ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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