Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Sockanosset Eviction Risk: Lower , Cranston
Tract 44007013900 · Providence County, RI · pop 3,110 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 44007013900 covers part of the Sockanosset area of Cranston, RI, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Providence County at 43.2%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,580
Renter share38.5%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$75,104
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cranston and the region
Centroid at 41.7596, -71.4507 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sockanosset scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cranston
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,435 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cranston
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cranston
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cranston
5.5
How Sockanosset compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 1%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 33Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2016)
- 18Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 126Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.88×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Portland, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.6%Food insecurity
- 9.4%SNAP enrollment
- 6.2%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sockanosset
Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.6/10. It sits 1.9 points below the Providence County average of 5.7.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 33 filings here across 2 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 3.4% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Providence. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 38th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.4/10.
Statewide the RI average is 5.3, so this tract runs 1.5 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,435, close to the Cranston average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $75,104.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007013900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007013900?
Census tract 44007013900 in the Sockanosset neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 44007013900?
Median gross rent is $1,435/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007013900?
6.4% of residents in tract 44007013900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,110.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007013900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 79th, minority 38th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 44007013900 considered part of Sockanosset?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007013900 fall within Sockanosset (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007013900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007013900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.18% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007013900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.88× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Portland, OR), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 44007013900 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007013900 compare to Cranston overall?
Tract 44007013900 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Cranston at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cranston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 44007013900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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