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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally

Parkside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Portland

Tract 23005001300 · Cumberland County, ME · pop 3,616 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 23005001300 sits in the Parkside area of Portland eviction risk, ME, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. It is home to 3,616 residents. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.1/10.

Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 40% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,828
Renter share59.7%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$72,542

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Parkside
Very Low
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 20 tracts In Portland
Elevated
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 80 tracts In Cumberland County
High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#13 of 401 tracts In Maine
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Portland and the region

Centroid at 43.6499, -70.2748 · click any tract to drill in

Why Parkside scores 7.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Portland
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,234 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Portland
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Portland
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Portland
5.5

How Parkside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Parkside risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.1This tracttract 0013006.2Portlandparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.5Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Parkside. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Parkside

It sits 2.1 points above the Cumberland County average of 5.0. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

At $1,234 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Portland commands. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.5/10. 32% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Cumberland County average of 38.5%.

Food insecurity runs 8.5% against 17.8% nationally. On the softer side, court filing pressure reads 2.8/10.

Nationally it ranks #12,481 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the ME average is 4.5, so this tract runs 2.6 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $72,542.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 23005001300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23005001300?

Census tract 23005001300 in the Parkside neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (Elevated 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 23005001300?

Median gross rent is $1,234/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 23005001300?

9.8% of residents in tract 23005001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,616.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 23005001300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 14th, minority 31th, housing 93th.
Q5

Is tract 23005001300 considered part of Parkside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 23005001300 fall within Parkside (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 23005001300 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.4% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 23005001300 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 23005001300 scores 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Portland at 6.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Portland eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Portland

Top eight tracts in Portland ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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