Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
Farmingdale Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 23011010803 · Kennebec County, ME · pop 2,988 · 55% of tract blocks fall in Farmingdale
How risky is Farmingdale for landlords? Census tract 23011010803 scores 6.5/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 87th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 50% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $928 a month against an average household income of $60,000 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,438
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate22.0%
Median income$60,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Farmingdale and the region
Centroid at 44.2605, -69.8278 · click any tract to drill in
Why Farmingdale scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Farmingdale
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
22.0% poverty · this tract
5.5
Supply constraint
$928 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Farmingdale
9.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Farmingdale
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Farmingdale
8.9
How Farmingdale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 11.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.4%Food insecurity
- 17.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 36.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Farmingdale
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Farmingdale, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kennebec County average of 5.2 and above the Maine statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 23011010803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23011010803?
Census tract 23011010803 in Farmingdale scores 5.2/10 (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 23011010803?
Median gross rent is $928/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23011010803?
22.0% of residents in tract 23011010803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,988.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23011010803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 53th, minority 11th, housing 57th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 23011010803 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.3% 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. 8.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 23011010803 compare to Farmingdale overall?
Tract 23011010803 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Farmingdale at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Farmingdale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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