Neighborhood · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
East Gray Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 23005004702 ·
Cumberland County, ME · pop 6,065 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 23005004702 covers part of the East Gray area of Gray, ME, and scores 4.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,065 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%Stable renters 11%Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,820
Renter share19.4%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$97,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In East Gray
Moderate
Within parent city
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Gray
Moderate
Within county
34th percentile
#53 of 80 tracts In Cumberland County
Low
Within state
47th percentile
#215 of 401 tracts In Maine
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Gray and the region
Centroid at 43.8774, -70.3168 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Gray scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Gray
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,321 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Gray
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Gray
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Gray
3.0
How East Gray compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
17%Socioeconomic
5%Household composition
18%Racial/ethnic minority
65%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.
8.2%Housing insecurity
6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
7.8%Food insecurity
9.8%SNAP enrollment
6.5%Transit barriers
6.3%No health insurance
17.3%Frequent mental distress
25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Gray
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.
Food insecurity runs 7.8% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.9 points below the Cumberland County average of 5.0. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 19% 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. Social vulnerability reads 2.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $97,500, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 23005004702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23005004702?
Census tract 23005004702 in the East Gray neighborhood scores 4.1/10 (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 23005004702?
Median gross rent is $1,321/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23005004702?
3.4% of residents in tract 23005004702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,065.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23005004702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 5th, minority 18th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 23005004702 considered part of East Gray?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 23005004702 fall within East Gray (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 23005004702 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 23005004702 compare to Gray overall?
Tract 23005004702 scores 4.1/10, lower than the parent city of Gray at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Gray; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.