Neighborhood · Providence, RI

Blackstone Eviction Risk: Moderate

3 census tracts · pop 12,999 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10 · range 5.2–5.4

Blackstone takes in 3 census tracts of Providence, RI, population 12,999. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.3/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 41% against 29.2% citywide, putting Blackstone 11.6% over its own city.

At $1,810 a month, rents sit 29% over what the rest of Providence commands. The severe-burden share is 22%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.9/10. Filings are well documented here: 69 across 3 observed tracts. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10.

The voucher gap is 12.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Food insecurity affects 8.3% of adults, 9.5 points below the national rate.

4.2% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 2.8% of renter households. Among the 15 mapped neighborhoods of Providence, it ranks #15 by risk, the lower third.

Judgments average 1.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Fruit Hill and College Hill score within a fraction of it.

With little internal variation, 5.3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

5.3

Moderate

3 tracts · population-weighted

Blackstone vs Providence How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

40.8% +40%

Providence: 29.2%

Average gross rent

$1,810 +29%

Providence: $1,408

Average HH income

$144,586 +117%

Providence: $66,772

Poverty rate

7.0% -65%

Providence: 20.1%

Renter share

39.0% -33%

Providence: 58.6%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Blackstone and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 5.2–5.4

Why Blackstone scores 5.3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts

5.5

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.1–6.1 across tracts

6.1

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts

7.5

Rent control risk

41% of income on rent · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts

5.5

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts

6.5

Tenant organizing strength

39% renter households · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts

7.0

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 6.5–6.5 across tracts

6.5

Economic stress

7.0% below poverty line · Range 1.0–2.9 across tracts

1.9

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 5.5–7.0 across tracts

6.2

Risk score comparison

Blackstone vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Blackstone?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 0.2 points from 5.2 to 5.4. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.

Tracts as heat grid

5.4 5.3 5.2

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

3 tracts in Blackstone

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
44007003200	5.4	3,572	42%	$1,778
44007003300	5.3	4,380	35%	$1,688
44007003400	5.2	5,047	46%	$1,938

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 18

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 16%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 24%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 37%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 34%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Blackstone

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

69Total filings (sum)
1.61%Avg annual filing rate
2.8%Peak year (2016)
1.95%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

227Total filings 2020-21
0.9Avg monthly observed
1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
1.07×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Portland, OR).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Blackstone

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

8.0%Housing insecurity
5.0%Utility shutoff threat
8.0%Food insecurity
6.5%SNAP enrollment
4.1%No health insurance
21.2%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Blackstone

What is the eviction-risk score for Blackstone?

Blackstone scores 5.3/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Blackstone compare to Providence overall?

Blackstone scores 1.3 points lower than Providence overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 41% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,810 vs $1,408.

What is the average rent in Blackstone?

Average gross rent in Blackstone is $1,810/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Blackstone residents are renters?

39% of Blackstone households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in Providence). The neighborhood has 12,999 residents.

Is Blackstone a high social-vulnerability area?

Blackstone sits in the 18th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Blackstone have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Blackstone is census tract 44007003200 (score 5.4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.2 to 5.4, a spread of 0.2 points.

How safe is Blackstone for landlords?

Blackstone carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.3/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Providence as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Blackstone?

Blackstone has 13,092 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (77.3%), Hispanic / Latino (6.9%), Other / Multiracial (6.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Blackstone

6.5 College Hill 2 tracts · pop 10,580 6.6 Woodlawn 8 tracts · pop 29,890 4.8 Wayland 2 tracts · pop 10,031 7.5 Wanskuck 5 tracts · pop 23,926 8 Downtown 2 tracts · pop 7,694 5.2 Phillipsdale 2 tracts · pop 8,685

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Providence

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Blackstone.

6 Fruit Hill 2 tracts · pop 15,400 6.3 College Hill 2 tracts · pop 10,580 6.5 Merino 4 tracts · pop 23,887 6.7 Elmwood 4 tracts · pop 17,286 6.8 Dyerville 4 tracts · pop 18,099 7.3 Fox Point 1 tracts · pop 3,783

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