Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 23011020500 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 23011020500 · Kennebec County, ME · pop 2,368
Tract 23011020500 covers Kennebec in Maine. Home to 2,368 residents, it scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 50% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $703 a month while the average household earns $57,356 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units953
Renter share23.3%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate18.8%
Median income$57,356
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
71
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kennebec County and the region
Centroid at 44.5405, -69.4349 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 23011020500 scores 4.6
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
18.8% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$703 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 23011020500 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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.
- 13.4%Housing insecurity
- 10.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.7%Food insecurity
- 22.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.4%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 40.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 23011020500
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 above the Maine statewide average of 4.8. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 13.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 23011020500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23011020500?
Census tract 23011020500 in Kennebec County scores 4.6/10 (Moderate 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 23011020500?
Median gross rent is $703/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23011020500?
18.8% of residents in tract 23011020500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,368.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23011020500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 42th, minority 6th, housing 56th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 23011020500 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.4% 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. 10.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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