Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Murphy Corner Eviction Risk: Moderate , Auburn
Tract 23001010600 · Androscoggin County, ME · pop 3,030 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 23001010600 sits in the Murphy Corner area of Auburn eviction risk, ME, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.3/10. Against Androscoggin County at 41.2%, about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,280
Renter share21.3%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$66,818
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Auburn and the region
Centroid at 44.0304, -70.2324 · click any tract to drill in
Why Murphy Corner scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Auburn
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$728 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Auburn
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Auburn
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Auburn
6.1
How Murphy Corner compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%Housing & transportation
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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Murphy Corner
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. Average gross rent is $728, 30% below the Auburn average.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.3/10.
Food insecurity runs 10.8% against 17.8% nationally. Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.1/10. Against average income of $66,818, annual rent is just 13%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Androscoggin County average of 4.4 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 23001010600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23001010600?
Census tract 23001010600 in the Murphy Corner neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 23001010600?
Median gross rent is $728/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23001010600?
9.1% of residents in tract 23001010600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,030.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23001010600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 78th, minority 6th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 23001010600 considered part of Murphy Corner?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 23001010600 fall within Murphy Corner (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 23001010600 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 23001010600 compare to Auburn overall?
Tract 23001010600 scores 4.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Auburn at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Auburn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Auburn
Top eight tracts in Auburn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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