Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Readfield Depot Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 23011015000 · Kennebec County, ME · pop 2,616 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
How risky is Readfield Depot in Kennebec for landlords? Census tract 23011015000 scores 3.9/10, the Lower tier. On the national scale it ranks #75,356 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 6% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $88,583 a year. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units980
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$88,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
32
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kennebec County and the region
Centroid at 44.3844, -69.9502 · click any tract to drill in
Why Readfield Depot scores 3.1
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
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Readfield Depot compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 9.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 6.1%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Readfield Depot
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. 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 below the Kennebec County average of 5.2 and below the Maine statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 8.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 19th 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.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 23011015000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23011015000?
Census tract 23011015000 in the Readfield Depot neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 23011015000?
5.4% of residents in tract 23011015000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,616.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 23011015000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 47th, minority 1th, housing 25th.
Q4
Is tract 23011015000 considered part of Readfield Depot?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 23011015000 fall within Readfield Depot (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 23011015000 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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