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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Waterville Main Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 23011024201 · Kennebec County, ME · pop 3,226 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 23011024201 sits in the Waterville Main Street Historic District area of Waterville eviction risk, ME, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 3,226. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7% Stable renters 18% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,169
Renter share25.1%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$90,313

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Waterville Main Street Historic District
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Waterville
Very Low
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 36 tracts In Kennebec County
High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#75 of 401 tracts In Maine
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Waterville and the region

Centroid at 44.5470, -69.6508 · click any tract to drill in

Why Waterville Main Street Historic District scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Waterville
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,076 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waterville
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waterville
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waterville
7.7

How Waterville Main Street Historic District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Waterville Main Street Historic District risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 0242015.9Watervilleparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 36

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Waterville Main Street Historic District. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Waterville Main Street Historic District

The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Cost burden runs 29% here against 37.6% across Kennebec County. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.7/10.

Against the Kennebec County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. At $1,076 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Waterville commands.

On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.3/10.

Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $90,313, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the ME average is 4.5, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.

25% 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 23011024201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23011024201?

Census tract 23011024201 in the Waterville Main Street Historic District neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 23011024201?

Median gross rent is $1,076/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 23011024201?

14.0% of residents in tract 23011024201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,226.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 23011024201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 34th, minority 6th, housing 64th.
Q5

Is tract 23011024201 considered part of Waterville Main Street Historic District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 23011024201 fall within Waterville Main Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 23011024201 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.0% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 23011024201 compare to Waterville overall?

Tract 23011024201 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Waterville at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waterville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Waterville

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

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