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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Whitehall Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newport East

Tract 44005040400 · Newport County, RI · pop 6,045 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 44005040400 sits in the Whitehall area of Newport East eviction risk, RI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It is home to 6,045 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 18% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,629
Renter share28.6%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$128,338

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Whitehall
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Newport East
Very Low
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#16 of 23 tracts In Newport County
Low
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#110 of 247 tracts In Rhode Island
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Newport East and the region

Centroid at 41.5043, -71.2630 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whitehall scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Newport East
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$2,096 rent vs county FMR
8.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newport East
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newport East
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newport East
6.4

How Whitehall compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Whitehall risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0404006.4Newport Eastparent city6.2Countyavg tract in county5.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 21

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)

  • 8Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 1.01%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.0%Peak (2016)
  • 8Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Whitehall. 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 Whitehall

The voucher gap is 29.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.3/10. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

On the high side, supply constraint reads 8/10. 38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Newport County average of 45.1%.

Food insecurity runs 6.3% against 17.8% nationally. Against the Newport County average of 6.2, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 8 filings here across 1 tracked years.

Adults with no health insurance runs 3.9% against 11.3% nationally. Average gross rent is $2,096, 12% above the Newport East average. The worst year on record was 2016, when 1.0% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 65th 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 44005040400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44005040400?

Census tract 44005040400 in the Whitehall neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 44005040400?

Median gross rent is $2,096/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 44005040400?

5.0% of residents in tract 44005040400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,045.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 44005040400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 37th, minority 7th, housing 51th.
Q5

Is tract 44005040400 considered part of Whitehall?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44005040400 fall within Whitehall (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44005040400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 8 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 44005040400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.01% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 44005040400 struggle to pay rent?

About 5.8% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 44005040400 compare to Newport East overall?

Tract 44005040400 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Newport East at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newport East 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 East

Top eight tracts in Newport East ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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