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Amari Springs Eviction Risk: Lower , Saco

Tract 23031005200 · York County, ME · pop 5,295 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Tract 23031005200, home to 5,295 residents in the Amari Springs area of Saco, scores 4.7/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 29% of US census tracts.

About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,103 monthly, set against $82,747 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.

Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 22% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,417
Renter share34.6%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate6.6%
Median income$82,747

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Amari Springs
Moderate
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Saco
High
Within county
35 th percentile
Rank, 35th percentileLowHigh
#38 of 58 tracts In York County
Low
Within state
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#340 of 401 tracts In Maine
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Saco and the region

Centroid at 43.5326, -70.4308 · click any tract to drill in

Why Amari Springs scores 2.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Saco
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
6.6% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,103 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Saco
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Saco
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Saco
4.9

How Amari Springs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Amari Springs risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.42.4This tracttract 005200Saco: 4.34.3Sacoparent cityCounty: 2.92.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.83.8Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 48

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

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Amari Springs

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. 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 inherited from Saco eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the York County average of 4.8 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 48th 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.2% 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 23031005200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23031005200?

Census tract 23031005200 in the Amari Springs neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (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 23031005200?

Median gross rent is $1,103/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 23031005200?

6.6% of residents in tract 23031005200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,295.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 23031005200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 47th, minority 31th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 23031005200 considered part of Amari Springs?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 23031005200 fall within Amari Springs (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 23031005200 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.8% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 23031005200 compare to Saco overall?

Tract 23031005200 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Saco at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Saco eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Saco

Top eight tracts in Saco ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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