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Tract 23011013000 Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 23011013000 · Kennebec County, ME · pop 4,107

Census tract 23011013000 belongs to Kennebec in Kennebec County, Maine. It is home to 4,107 residents and scores 5.3/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

50% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,202 a month while the average household earns $80,778 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.2

Lower

Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 9% Owners 81%

Tract context

Occupied units1,824

Renter share19.0%

SVI overall0.34

Poverty rate5.4%

Median income$80,778

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Kennebec County and the region

Centroid at 44.2335, -70.0147 · click any tract to drill in

Why Tract 23011013000 scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

5.4% poverty · this tract

1.4

Supply constraint

$1,202 rent vs county FMR

5.4

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 23011013000 compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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

44%Socioeconomic
7%Household composition
12%Racial/ethnic minority
71%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.

9.5%Housing insecurity
6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
9.3%Food insecurity
11.9%SNAP enrollment
6.9%Transit barriers
6.9%No health insurance
17.5%Frequent mental distress
31.4%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Tract 23011013000

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 5.4/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 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 34th 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 9.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% 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 23011013000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23011013000?

Census tract 23011013000 in Kennebec County scores 3.2/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 23011013000?

Median gross rent is $1,202/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 23011013000?

5.4% of residents in tract 23011013000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,107.

How socially vulnerable is tract 23011013000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 7th, minority 12th, housing 71th.

What share of households in tract 23011013000 struggle to pay rent?

About 9.5% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.