Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 23011015500 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 23011015500 · Kennebec County, ME · pop 3,376
Kennebec is where census tract 23011015500 sits, home to 3,376 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.5/10. That is riskier than about 23% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $925 monthly, set against $72,637 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,445
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$72,637
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kennebec County and the region
Centroid at 44.5106, -69.9470 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 23011015500 scores 3.6
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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$925 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Tract 23011015500 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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.
- 9.1%Housing insecurity
- 6.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.5%Food insecurity
- 12.4%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 16.7%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 23011015500
The heaviest input here is 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 below 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 36th 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 9.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.5% 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 23011015500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23011015500?
Census tract 23011015500 in Kennebec County scores 3.6/10 (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 23011015500?
Median gross rent is $925/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23011015500?
8.3% of residents in tract 23011015500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,376.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23011015500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 46th, minority 7th, housing 52th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 23011015500 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.1% 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. 6.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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