Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Newport Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 44005040800 · Newport County, RI · pop 2,393 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Newport
44005040800 is a census tract in Newport, RI. It scores 7.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,393. Against Newport County at 45.1%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,195
Renter share61.8%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$82,011
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newport and the region
Centroid at 41.4814, -71.3031 · click any tract to drill in
Why Newport scores 7.8
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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,588 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 49Total filings over 1 yrs
- 6.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.8%Peak (2016)
- 49Filings 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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.2%Food insecurity
- 9.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Newport
Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. It sits 1.6 points above the Newport County average of 6.2.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.3/10. Court records carry 49 eviction filings across 1 observed years.
Food insecurity runs 10.2% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when 6.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 6.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 44005040800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44005040800?
Census tract 44005040800 in Newport scores 7.8/10 (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 44005040800?
Median gross rent is $1,588/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44005040800?
17.3% of residents in tract 44005040800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,393.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44005040800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 24th, minority 24th, housing 63th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44005040800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 49 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 44005040800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.81% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 44005040800 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 44005040800 compare to Newport overall?
Tract 44005040800 scores 7.8/10, higher than 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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