Neighborhood · Cranston, RI

Edgewood Eviction Risk: Moderate

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 Cranston How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

50.3% +75%

Cranston: 28.8%

Average gross rent

$1,246 -9%

Cranston: $1,375

Average HH income

$70,007 -20%

Cranston: $87,716

Poverty rate

13.6% +56%

Cranston: 8.7%

Renter share

39.7% +23%

Cranston: 32.4%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Edgewood and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 3.2–8

Why Edgewood scores 5.7

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts

5.5

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 6.1–6.1 across tracts

6.1

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 5.0–7.5 across tracts

6.4

Rent control risk

50% of income on rent · Range 3.5–5.5 across tracts

4.6

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.5–6.5 across tracts

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

40% renter households · Range 4.5–7.0 across tracts

5.9

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 5.5–6.5 across tracts

6.0

Economic stress

13.6% below poverty line · Range 1.7–6.5 across tracts

3.4

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.4–3.2 across tracts

2.7

Risk score comparison

Edgewood vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Edgewood?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 4.8 points from 3.2 to 8. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

8.0 6.5 4.6 3.2

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

4 tracts in Edgewood

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
44007000101	8	4,418	44%	$1,191
44007000102	6.5	5,667	58%	$1,251
44007013500	4.6	4,544	44%	$1,328
44007013400	3.2	3,967	53%	$1,204

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 71

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 67%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 74%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 65%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 60%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

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.

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.

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.

What percentage of Edgewood residents are renters?

40% of Edgewood households are renter-occupied (vs 32% in Cranston). The neighborhood has 18,596 residents.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Edgewood

7.9 Wesleyan Avenue Historic District 4 tracts · pop 15,890 6.7 Elmwood 4 tracts · pop 17,286 4.5 Auburn 2 tracts · pop 8,152 7.8 Bridgham-Arch-Wilson Street Historic District 3 tracts · pop 14,533 7.5 Federal Hill 5 tracts · pop 16,742 8 Downtown 2 tracts · pop 7,694

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Cranston

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Edgewood.

4.8 Wayland 2 tracts · pop 10,031 4.6 Auburn 2 tracts · pop 8,152 4.2 Meshanticut 1 tracts · pop 4,352 4.1 Thornton 2 tracts · pop 14,061 3.9 Pocasset 1 tracts · pop 5,044 3.9 Knightsville 1 tracts · pop 6,958

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