Farmingdale Eviction Risk: Moderate

Cost burden runs 50% here against 37.6% across Kennebec County. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.9/10.

16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Kennebec County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10.

The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $928, 16% above the Farmingdale average. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the ME average is 4.5, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $60,000.

40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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.