4 census tracts · pop 18,596 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10
· range 3.2–8
Edgewood is a 4-tract neighborhood of Cranston, RI and houses 18,596 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.7/10, in the Moderate tier. The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.2 to 8, a 4.8-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
50% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Cranston rate of 28.8%. The severe-burden share is 24%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 2.7/10.
Filings are well documented here: 263 across 4 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 6.0% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,246, 9% below the Cranston average of $1,375. That places it #1 of 10 neighborhoods in Cranston. Judgments average 2.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
For a like-for-like read, Wayland and Auburn score within a fraction of it. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $70,007. 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 4.8 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Edgewood vs CranstonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority65%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport60%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Edgewood
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
263Total filings (sum)
4.41%Avg annual filing rate
6.0%Peak year (2016)
3.92%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
584Total filings 2020-21
2.0Avg monthly observed
2.5Pre-pandemic baseline
0.77×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 Edgewood
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
19.7%Housing insecurity
11.4%Utility shutoff threat
23.5%Food insecurity
19.6%SNAP enrollment
12.4%No health insurance
30.4%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Edgewood
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Edgewood?
Edgewood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate 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 Edgewood compare to Cranston overall?
Edgewood scores 1.4 points higher than Cranston overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 50% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,246 vs $1,375.
Q3
What is the average rent in Edgewood?
Average gross rent in Edgewood is $1,246/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Edgewood residents are renters?
40% of Edgewood households are renter-occupied (vs 32% in Cranston). The neighborhood has 18,596 residents.
Q5
Is Edgewood a high social-vulnerability area?
Edgewood sits in the 71st 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 Edgewood have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Edgewood is census tract 44007000101 (score 8/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.2 to 8, a spread of 4.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Edgewood for landlords?
Edgewood carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). 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 Cranston as a whole (4.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Edgewood?
Edgewood has 17,787 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (47.3%), Hispanic / Latino (32.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
