3 census tracts · pop 8,413 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.2/10
· range 7–7.6
Brenton Village spans 3 census tracts of Newport, RI and houses 8,413 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 7.2/10, in the Elevated tier. Against a Newport baseline of 32.1%, 61% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. 23% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.8/10. The voucher gap is 17.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Filings are well documented here: 31 across 3 observed tracts.
On the high side is housing-court posture at 7.3/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 3.2% of renter households.
At $1,889 a month, rents sit 11% over what the rest of Newport commands. Food insecurity affects 9.8% of adults, 8.0 points below the national rate. Judgments average 1.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The 3 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.6 points apart at the extremes. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $86,712.
With little internal variation, 7.2/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Brenton Village vs NewportHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority29%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport52%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Brenton Village
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
31Total filings (sum)
1.83%Avg annual filing rate
3.2%Peak year (2016)
1.83%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Brenton Village
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
8.2%Housing insecurity
5.3%Utility shutoff threat
9.5%Food insecurity
8.2%SNAP enrollment
5.4%No health insurance
23.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Brenton Village
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Brenton Village?
Brenton Village scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Brenton Village compare to Newport overall?
Brenton Village scores 0.6 points higher than Newport overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $1,889 vs $1,698.
Q3
What is the average rent in Brenton Village?
Average gross rent in Brenton Village is $1,889/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Brenton Village residents are renters?
46% of Brenton Village households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Newport). The neighborhood has 8,413 residents.
Q5
Is Brenton Village a high social-vulnerability area?
Brenton Village sits in the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Brenton Village have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Brenton Village is census tract 44005041000 (score 7.6/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7 to 7.6, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Brenton Village for landlords?
Brenton Village carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.2/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Newport as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Brenton Village?
Brenton Village has 8,220 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (79.3%), Hispanic / Latino (11.5%), Other / Multiracial (5.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
