Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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Oxford County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Oxford County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Tract 9651.00 — 41 (Lower-middle)Tract 9654.00 — 81 (Higher)Tract 9655.00 — 93 (Higher)Tract 9656.00 — 96 (Higher)Tract 9657.00 — 61 (Middle)Tract 9658.00 — 31 (Lower)Tract 9659.00 — 72 (Upper-middle)Tract 9660.01 — 34 (Lower)Tract 9660.02 — 38 (Lower-middle)Tract 9661.00 — 77 (Upper-middle)Tract 9662.00 — 58 (Middle)Tract 9663.00 — 36 (Lower-middle)Tract 9664.01 — 52 (Middle)Tract 9664.02 — 67 (Middle)Tract 9665.00 — 90 (Higher)Tract 9666.00 — 30 (Lower)Tract 9667.00 — 45 (Lower-middle)Tract 9668.00 — 73 (Upper-middle)Tract 9669.00 — 70 (Upper-middle)
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (30 to 34)Lower-middle (36 to 45)Middle (52 to 67)Upper-middle (70 to 77)Higher (81 to 96)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.
The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.

Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.

Median tract: 61st percentile (among tracts in ME).
These tracts span the 30th percentile to the 96th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median4 (21%) · 14,478 people
Above the median6 (32%) · 16,862 people
Near the median4 (21%) · 14,181 people
Below the median5 (26%) · 13,734 people
Well below the median0 (0%) · 0 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Household Characteristics — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.
The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Tract 9656.00 (pop. 3,887) — 96th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9655.00 (pop. 2,055) — 93rd percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9665.00 (pop. 5,228) — 90th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9654.00 (pop. 3,308) — 81st percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9661.00 (pop. 1,808) — 77th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9668.00 (pop. 2,884) — 73rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9659.00 (pop. 3,059) — 72nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9669.00 (pop. 3,494) — 70th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9664.02 (pop. 2,126) — 67th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9657.00 (pop. 3,491) — 61st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9662.00 (pop. 5,317) — 58th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9664.01 (pop. 4,158) — 52nd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9667.00 (pop. 3,489) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9651.00 (pop. 1,217) — 41st percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9660.02 (pop. 1,367) — 38th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9663.00 (pop. 3,508) — 36th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9660.01 (pop. 2,014) — 34th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9658.00 (pop. 3,660) — 31st percentile — Below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9666.00 (pop. 3,185) — 30th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against tracts in ME. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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