Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Drinkwater Corner Eviction Risk: Lower , Sabattus
Tract 23001046500 · Androscoggin County, ME · pop 6,935 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 23001046500 sits in the Drinkwater Corner area of Sabattus, ME, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.2/10. Population here is 6,935. Severe burden reaches 34%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units2,978
Renter share6.7%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$63,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sabattus and the region
Centroid at 44.1168, -70.0626 · click any tract to drill in
Why Drinkwater Corner scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sabattus
5.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.9
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,029 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sabattus
2.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sabattus
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sabattus
3.1
How Drinkwater Corner compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 9.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.6%Food insecurity
- 16.5%SNAP enrollment
- 8.9%Transit barriers
- 8.5%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 33.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Drinkwater Corner
The main counterweight is tenant-organizing strength at 1/10. Cost burden runs 49% here against 41.2% across Androscoggin County. It sits 1.2 points below the Androscoggin County average of 4.4.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.7/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.9/10.
That is riskier than roughly 25% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 7% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10. Statewide the ME average is 4.5, so this tract runs 1.3 points cooler. Average gross rent is $1,029, close to the Sabattus average.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $63,250.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 23001046500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23001046500?
Census tract 23001046500 in the Drinkwater Corner neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 23001046500?
Median gross rent is $1,029/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23001046500?
10.6% of residents in tract 23001046500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,935.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23001046500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 57th, minority 4th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 23001046500 considered part of Drinkwater Corner?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 23001046500 fall within Drinkwater Corner (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 23001046500 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 9.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 23001046500 compare to Sabattus overall?
Tract 23001046500 scores 3.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Sabattus at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sabattus; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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