Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Greene Lane Housing Eviction Risk: Elevated , Melville
Tract 44005040303 · Newport County, RI · pop 3,221 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 7.7/10, tract 44005040303 in the Greene Lane Housing area of Newport East eviction risk, RI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,335
Renter share54.7%
SVI overall0.38
Poverty rate17.1%
Median income$81,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Melville and the region
Centroid at 41.5433, -71.2995 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greene Lane Housing scores 7.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Melville
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
17.1% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,692 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Melville
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Melville
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Melville
6.4
How Greene Lane Housing compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 38
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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)
- 9Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2016)
- 9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Greene Lane Housing. 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.
- 12.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.0%Food insecurity
- 13.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 16.6%Frequent mental distress
- 24.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greene Lane Housing
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10. Against Newport County at 45.1%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 1.5 points above the Newport County average of 6.2.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 9 filings here across 1 tracked years. At $1,692 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Newport East commands.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 1.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 4.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the RI average is 5.3, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $81,250.
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 44005040303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44005040303?
Census tract 44005040303 in the Greene Lane Housing neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (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 44005040303?
Median gross rent is $1,692/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44005040303?
17.1% of residents in tract 44005040303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,221.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44005040303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 38th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 59th, minority 35th, housing 25th.
Q5
Is tract 44005040303 considered part of Greene Lane Housing?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44005040303 fall within Greene Lane Housing (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44005040303?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 44005040303 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.04% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 44005040303 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.1% 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. 8.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 44005040303 compare to Melville overall?
Tract 44005040303 scores 7.7/10, higher than the parent city of Melville at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Melville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Melville
Top eight tracts in Melville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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