Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 23011012000 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 23011012000 · Kennebec County, ME · pop 3,605
Tract 23011012000 covers Kennebec in Kennebec County in Maine. Home to 3,605 residents, it scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 35% of US census tracts.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,088 monthly, set against $75,329 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,561
Renter share5.4%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$75,329
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kennebec County and the region
Centroid at 44.1721, -69.9345 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 23011012000 scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,088 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
State baseline
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 23011012000 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.8%Food insecurity
- 14.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 7.9%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 34.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 23011012000
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $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 set by Maine eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kennebec County average of 5.2 and in line with the Maine statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 22nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 23011012000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23011012000?
Census tract 23011012000 in Kennebec County scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 23011012000?
Median gross rent is $1,088/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23011012000?
6.6% of residents in tract 23011012000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,605.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23011012000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 18th, minority 2th, housing 54th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 23011012000 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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