Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Kittery Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 23031038001 · York County, ME · pop 6,832 · 63% of tract blocks fall in Kittery
With a score of 4.2/10, tract 23031038001 in Kittery, ME reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,832. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units3,490
Renter share36.6%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$83,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kittery and the region
Centroid at 43.0049, -70.6044 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kittery scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kittery
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,449 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kittery
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kittery
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kittery
4.3
How Kittery 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.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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.
- 7.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.0%Food insecurity
- 8.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.8%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kittery
22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. 32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the York County average of 39.3%.
Food insecurity runs 7.0% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.4/10.
At $1,449 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Kittery commands. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 5.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the York County average of 4.3 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 23031038001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23031038001?
Census tract 23031038001 in Kittery scores 4.2/10 (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 23031038001?
Median gross rent is $1,449/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23031038001?
4.4% of residents in tract 23031038001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,832.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23031038001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 45th, minority 15th, housing 95th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 23031038001 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.4% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 23031038001 compare to Kittery overall?
Tract 23031038001 scores 4.2/10, lower than the parent city of Kittery at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kittery eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kittery
Top eight tracts in Kittery ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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