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Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally

Five Points Eviction Risk: Moderate , Biddeford

Tract 23031025203 · York County, ME · pop 3,035 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 23031025203 covers part of the Five Points area of Biddeford, ME, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,035 residents. Against York County at 39.3%, roughly one in four of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 58% Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,529
Renter share76.2%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$69,779

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Five Points
Very Low
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 7 tracts In Biddeford
Low
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#17 of 58 tracts In York County
Elevated
Within state
68 th percentile
Rank, 68th percentileLowHigh
#128 of 401 tracts In Maine
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Biddeford and the region

Centroid at 43.4882, -70.4658 · click any tract to drill in

Why Five Points scores 4.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Biddeford
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,054 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Biddeford
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Biddeford
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Biddeford
5.2

How Five Points compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Five Points risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.8This tracttract 0252034.5Biddefordparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 35

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Five Points. 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 Five Points

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 76% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10. At $1,054 a month, rents run 18% under what the rest of Biddeford commands. Nationally it ranks #35,669 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the York County average of 4.3 closely. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $69,779.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 23031025203

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23031025203?

Census tract 23031025203 in the Five Points neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 23031025203?

Median gross rent is $1,054/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 23031025203?

6.6% of residents in tract 23031025203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,035.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 23031025203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 8th, minority 8th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 23031025203 considered part of Five Points?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 23031025203 fall within Five Points (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 23031025203 struggle to pay rent?

About 10.5% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 23031025203 compare to Biddeford overall?

Tract 23031025203 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Biddeford at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Biddeford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Biddeford

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

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