Wesleyan Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Elevated
4 census tracts · pop 15,890 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.9/10
· range 7.6–8
Wesleyan Avenue Historic District is a 4-tract neighborhood of Providence, RI and houses 15,890 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7.9/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 61% against 29.2% citywide, putting Wesleyan Avenue Historic District 32.2% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 38%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. 22.8% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.4/10. Average gross rent is $991, 30% below the Providence average of $1,408.
This is a renter market: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 29%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 23.1% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Filings are well documented here: 495 across 3 observed tracts. Sitting well above the midpoint is economic stress at 7.1/10.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 17.3% of renter households. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7/10. That places it #5 of 15 neighborhoods in Providence.
Judgments average 5.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Wesleyan Avenue Historic District vs ProvidenceHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority93%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport65%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wesleyan Avenue Historic District
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
495Total filings (sum)
9.35%Avg annual filing rate
17.3%Peak year (2016)
9.19%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,654Total filings 2020-21
5.2Avg monthly observed
6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.86×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 Wesleyan Avenue Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
35.7%Housing insecurity
22.5%Utility shutoff threat
45.0%Food insecurity
42.2%SNAP enrollment
23.3%No health insurance
40.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Wesleyan Avenue Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wesleyan Avenue Historic District?
Wesleyan Avenue Historic District scores 7.9/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 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 Wesleyan Avenue Historic District compare to Providence overall?
Wesleyan Avenue Historic District scores 1.3 points higher than Providence overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $991 vs $1,408.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wesleyan Avenue Historic District?
Average gross rent in Wesleyan Avenue Historic District is $991/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wesleyan Avenue Historic District residents are renters?
71% of Wesleyan Avenue Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 59% in Providence). The neighborhood has 15,890 residents.
Q5
Is Wesleyan Avenue Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Wesleyan Avenue Historic District sits in the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Wesleyan Avenue Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Wesleyan Avenue Historic District is census tract 44007000302 (score 8/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.6 to 8, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Wesleyan Avenue Historic District for landlords?
Wesleyan Avenue Historic District carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.9/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 Wesleyan Avenue Historic District?
Wesleyan Avenue Historic District has 16,323 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (70.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (16.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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