Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Meshanticut Eviction Risk: Lower , Cranston
Tract 44007014502 · Providence County, RI · pop 4,352 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 44007014502 belongs to the Meshanticut neighborhood of Cranston, Rhode Island. It is home to 4,352 residents and scores 5.2/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 45% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,178 monthly, set against $77,857 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,172
Renter share33.6%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$77,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cranston and the region
Centroid at 41.7708, -71.4789 · click any tract to drill in
Why Meshanticut scores 3.1
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
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,178 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Meshanticut compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 41%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 13%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)
- 39Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2015)
- 19Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 98Total filings 2020-21
- 1.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.76×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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.6%Food insecurity
- 12.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 6.8%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Meshanticut
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 5.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Cranston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Providence County average of 6.1 and below the Rhode Island statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 39 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 2.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.5% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 42nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007014502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007014502?
Census tract 44007014502 in the Meshanticut neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 44007014502?
Median gross rent is $1,178/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007014502?
11.2% of residents in tract 44007014502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,352.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007014502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 41th, minority 15th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 44007014502 considered part of Meshanticut?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007014502 fall within Meshanticut (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007014502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 39 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007014502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.58% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007014502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× 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 44007014502 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 7.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007014502 compare to Cranston overall?
Tract 44007014502 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Cranston at 5.2/10. 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 44007014502 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cranston
Top eight tracts in Cranston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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