Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 23011015500 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 23011015500 · Kennebec County, ME · pop 3,376
Census tract 23011015500 covers part of Kennebec County, ME, and scores 3.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. 26% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Kennebec County average of 37.6%.
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
25
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
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 main counterweight is economic stress at 2.1/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 3/10.
Food insecurity runs 9.5% against 17.8% nationally. 8% 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 safer for landlords by 0.7 points. That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 4.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $72,637, annual rent is just 15%. Statewide the ME average is 4.5, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Average gross rent runs $925 a month.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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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