Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Arctic Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 44003020300 · Kent County, RI · pop 6,059 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 44003020300 covers the Arctic area of Kent, home to 6,059 residents. For landlords it grades 6.3/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than about 82% of US census tracts.
About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,224 a month against an average household income of $68,869 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units3,041
Renter share62.6%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$68,869
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
50
th percentile
Moderate
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kent County and the region
Centroid at 41.7101, -71.5263 · click any tract to drill in
Why Arctic scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,224 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
State baseline
5.5
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 Arctic compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
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.
- 15.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 19.1%Food insecurity
- 19.6%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 33.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Arctic
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 5.5/10. 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 set by Rhode Island 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 Kent County average of 6.2 and above the Rhode Island statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 58th 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 44003020300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44003020300?
Census tract 44003020300 in the Arctic neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 44003020300?
Median gross rent is $1,224/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44003020300?
14.4% of residents in tract 44003020300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,059.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44003020300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 75th, minority 17th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 44003020300 considered part of Arctic?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44003020300 fall within Arctic (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 44003020300 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.5% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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