Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Cornish Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 23031022500 · York County, ME · pop 3,601 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Cornish
In Cornish in York County, census tract 23031022500 scores 5.2/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #45,474 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 42% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,129 a month while the average household earns $68,424 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,460
Renter share19.2%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$68,424
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cornish and the region
Centroid at 43.7334, -70.8940 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cornish scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cornish
6.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.6
State political climate
Maine legislature & governorship
4.0
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,129 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cornish
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cornish
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cornish
5.0
How Cornish compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 8.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.9%Food insecurity
- 16.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 8.7%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cornish
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 5.7/10. 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 Cornish, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the York County average of 4.8 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 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th 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 23031022500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 23031022500?
Census tract 23031022500 in Cornish scores 2.8/10 (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 23031022500?
Median gross rent is $1,129/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 23031022500?
9.5% of residents in tract 23031022500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,601.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 23031022500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 40th, minority 18th, housing 58th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 23031022500 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 8.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 23031022500 compare to Cornish overall?
Tract 23031022500 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Cornish at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cornish; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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