Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Sanford Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 23031030203 · York County, ME · pop 3,558
Sanford in York County is where census tract 23031030203 sits, home to 3,558 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.7/10. That is riskier than about 29% of US census tracts.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,114 a month against an average household income of $85,625 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,335
Renter share28.2%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$85,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sanford and the region
Centroid at 43.4119, -70.7740 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sanford scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sanford
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,114 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sanford
6.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sanford
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sanford
5.8
How Sanford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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.
- 10.1%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.4%Food insecurity
- 13.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 7.7%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 32.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sanford
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.6/10. 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 Sanford 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 York County average of 4.8 and in line with the Maine statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 35th 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 10.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.3% 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 23031030203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23031030203?
Census tract 23031030203 in Sanford scores 2.6/10 (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 23031030203?
Median gross rent is $1,114/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23031030203?
4.8% of residents in tract 23031030203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,558.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23031030203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 44th, minority 17th, housing 76th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 23031030203 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.1% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 23031030203 compare to Sanford overall?
Tract 23031030203 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Sanford at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sanford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sanford
Top eight tracts in Sanford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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