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Census Tract · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Newport Eviction Risk: High

Tract 44005041200 · Newport County, RI · pop 1,936 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Newport

Census tract 44005041200 covers part of Newport, RI, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,936. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 54% Stable renters 46% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units217
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate33.7%
Median income$65,625

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 8 tracts In Newport
High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 23 tracts In Newport County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 247 tracts In Rhode Island
Very High
National
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#7,836 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Newport and the region

Centroid at 41.5102, -71.3296 · click any tract to drill in

Why Newport scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
33.7% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$1,764 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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.
Newport risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0412006.6Newportparent city6.2Countyavg tract in county5.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 19Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 7.54%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.5%Peak (2016)
  • 19Filings 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Newport

100% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.

The poverty rate is 34%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income of $65,625, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.4/10.

Against the Newport County average of 6.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Newport County average of 45.1%.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 19 evictions over 1 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 7.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.5% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 44005041200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44005041200?

Census tract 44005041200 in Newport scores 8/10 (High 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 44005041200?

Median gross rent is $1,764/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 44005041200?

33.7% of residents in tract 44005041200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,936.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 44005041200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 51th, minority 61th, housing 86th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44005041200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 19 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 44005041200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.54% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

What share of households in tract 44005041200 struggle to pay rent?

About 13.6% 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. 8.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 44005041200 compare to Newport overall?

Tract 44005041200 scores 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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