Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Winthrop Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 23011014001 · Kennebec County, ME · pop 3,923 · 48% of tract blocks fall in Winthrop
23011014001 is a census tract in Winthrop, ME. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,923 residents. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,539
Renter share17.7%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate16.4%
Median income$75,724
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Winthrop and the region
Centroid at 44.3173, -69.9991 · click any tract to drill in
Why Winthrop scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Winthrop
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
16.4% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,159 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Winthrop
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Winthrop
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Winthrop
5.4
How Winthrop compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 17.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 7.6%No health insurance
- 18.6%Frequent mental distress
- 35.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Winthrop
At $1,159 a month, rents run 32% over what the rest of Winthrop commands. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 2.1/10.
Cost burden runs 43% here against 37.6% across Kennebec County. Against the Kennebec County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Statute speed, court posture and rent-regulation exposure are inherited from Winthrop eviction risk rather than measured on these blocks; the economic and supply components are the tract-level part of the score.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the ME average is 4.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $75,724.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 23011014001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23011014001?
Census tract 23011014001 in Winthrop scores 3.6/10 (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 23011014001?
Median gross rent is $1,159/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23011014001?
16.4% of residents in tract 23011014001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,923.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23011014001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 41th, minority 22th, housing 66th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 23011014001 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 23011014001 compare to Winthrop overall?
Tract 23011014001 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Winthrop at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Winthrop eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Winthrop
Top eight tracts in Winthrop ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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