Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Mariner Eviction Risk: Elevated , Portland

Tract 23005002400 · Cumberland County, ME · pop 1,337 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 23005002400 sits in the Mariner area of Portland eviction risk, ME, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. Population here is 1,337. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 7% Owners 88%

Tract context

Occupied units700

Renter share11.7%

SVI overall0.28

Poverty rate13.5%

Median income$83,393

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Portland and the region

Centroid at 43.6769, -70.1548 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mariner scores 7

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

13.5% poverty · this tract

3.4

Supply constraint

$1,648 rent vs county FMR

3.2

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 Mariner compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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

38%Socioeconomic
18%Household composition
12%Racial/ethnic minority
43%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.

6.1%Housing insecurity
5.0%Utility-shutoff threat
6.5%Food insecurity
8.7%SNAP enrollment
5.4%Transit barriers
5.2%No health insurance
13.7%Frequent mental distress
27.3%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Mariner

Against the Cumberland County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. Pulling hardest the other way is court filing pressure at 2.8/10.

Food insecurity runs 6.5% against 17.8% nationally. Housing insecurity runs 6.1% against 14.2% nationally. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.5/10.

Statewide the ME average is 4.5, so this tract runs 2.5 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters.

Average gross rent is $1,648, close to the Portland average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $83,393.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 23005002400

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23005002400?

Census tract 23005002400 in the Mariner neighborhood scores 7/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 23005002400?

Median gross rent is $1,648/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 23005002400?

13.5% of residents in tract 23005002400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,337.

How socially vulnerable is tract 23005002400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 18th, minority 12th, housing 43th.

Is tract 23005002400 considered part of Mariner?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 23005002400 fall within Mariner (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 23005002400 struggle to pay rent?

About 6.1% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 23005002400 compare to Portland overall?

Tract 23005002400 scores 7/10, 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.