New Auburn Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lewiston
Tract 23001020401 · Androscoggin County, ME · pop 2,444 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 23001020401 covers the New Auburn area of Lewiston, home to 2,444 residents. For landlords it grades 5.8/10, a moderate reading. It lands near the 68th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 33% of renter households, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,018 monthly, set against $45,394 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 92% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Lewiston and the region
Centroid at 44.0935, -70.2099 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Auburn scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow New Auburn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%Housing & transportation
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within New Auburn. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 42.1%Housing insecurity
- 38.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 52.8%Food insecurity
- 69.4%SNAP enrollment
- 33.8%Transit barriers
- 21.7%No health insurance
- 30.5%Frequent mental distress
- 51.2%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in New Auburn
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Lewiston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Androscoggin County average of 5.4 and above the Maine statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 42.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 38.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 89th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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