5 census tracts · pop 16,742 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.6/10
· range 6–8
Federal Hill is a 5-tract neighborhood of Providence, RI, population 16,742. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7.6/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. 77% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 6 to 8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. The severe-burden share is 19%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10. Filings are well documented here: 569 across 5 observed tracts.
Against a Providence baseline of 29.2%, 34% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 21.4% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 10.5% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,518, 8% above the Providence average of $1,408. That places it #7 of 15 neighborhoods in Providence.
Judgments average 3.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 7.6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
5 tracts · population-weighted
Federal Hill vs ProvidenceHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority66%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport69%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Federal Hill
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
569Total filings (sum)
6.38%Avg annual filing rate
10.5%Peak year (2016)
6.15%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,482Total filings 2020-21
4.1Avg monthly observed
5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.93×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Portland, OR).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Federal Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.4%Housing insecurity
13.8%Utility shutoff threat
28.0%Food insecurity
24.4%SNAP enrollment
15.1%No health insurance
31.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Federal Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Federal Hill?
Federal Hill scores 7.6/10 (Elevated tier) across 5 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.
Q2
How does Federal Hill compare to Providence overall?
Federal Hill scores 1.0 points higher than Providence overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 34% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,518 vs $1,408.
Q3
What is the average rent in Federal Hill?
Average gross rent in Federal Hill is $1,518/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Federal Hill residents are renters?
77% of Federal Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in Providence). The neighborhood has 16,742 residents.
Q5
Is Federal Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Federal Hill sits in the 66th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Federal Hill have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Federal Hill is census tract 44007000900 (score 8/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6 to 8, a spread of 2 points.
Q7
How safe is Federal Hill for landlords?
Federal Hill carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.6/10). Pop-weighted across 5 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Federal Hill?
Federal Hill has 17,693 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (43.5%), Hispanic / Latino (40.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (9.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
