2 census tracts · pop 15,400 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 4.6–7.1
Fruit Hill spans 2 census tracts of Providence, RI, population 15,400. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6/10, in the Elevated tier. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.6 to 7.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
39% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, higher than the Providence rate of 29.2%. The severe-burden share is 23%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records carry 97 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 4.1% of renter households. Among the 15 mapped neighborhoods of Providence, it ranks #15 by risk, the lower third. Judgments average 2.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, College Hill and Merino score within a fraction of it. Average gross rent runs $1,415, close to the Providence average.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $83,377. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.5 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Fruit Hill vs ProvidenceHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport48%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fruit Hill
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
97Total filings (sum)
3.78%Avg annual filing rate
4.1%Peak year (2016)
4.05%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
245Total filings 2020-21
1.6Avg monthly observed
2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.76×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 Fruit Hill
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
13.2%Housing insecurity
7.9%Utility shutoff threat
15.0%Food insecurity
12.4%SNAP enrollment
7.0%No health insurance
27.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Fruit Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fruit Hill?
Fruit Hill scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Fruit Hill compare to Providence overall?
Fruit Hill scores 0.6 points lower than Providence overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,415 vs $1,408.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fruit Hill?
Average gross rent in Fruit Hill is $1,415/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fruit Hill residents are renters?
32% of Fruit Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in Providence). The neighborhood has 15,400 residents.
Q5
Is Fruit Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Fruit Hill sits in the 35th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Fruit Hill have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fruit Hill is census tract 44007002400 (score 7.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.6 to 7.1, a spread of 2.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Fruit Hill for landlords?
Fruit Hill carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fruit Hill?
Fruit Hill has 15,442 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (64.4%), Hispanic / Latino (19.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
