Within parent city
14
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Newport Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 44005040600 · Newport County, RI · pop 4,445
Census tract 44005040600 covers part of Newport, RI, and scores 6.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,445. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,022
Renter share48.2%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$95,436
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newport and the region
Centroid at 41.4986, -71.3069 · click any tract to drill in
Why Newport scores 6.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Newport
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,727 rent vs county FMR
5.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newport
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newport
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newport
7.3
How Newport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 33Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.8%Peak (2016)
- 33Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.3%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 22.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Newport
Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.2/10.
The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions over 1 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2016, when 2.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 83rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the RI average is 5.3, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. 47% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
It tracks the Newport County average of 6.2 closely. Average gross rent is $1,727, close to the Newport average.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $95,436.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 44005040600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44005040600?
Census tract 44005040600 in Newport scores 6.7/10 (Elevated 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 44005040600?
Median gross rent is $1,727/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44005040600?
8.9% of residents in tract 44005040600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,445.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44005040600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 42th, minority 43th, housing 30th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44005040600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 44005040600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.78% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 44005040600 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 44005040600 compare to Newport overall?
Tract 44005040600 scores 6.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Newport at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newport eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Newport
Top eight tracts in Newport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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