2 census tracts · pop 8,506 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10
· range 3–3.5
Oaklawn takes in 2 census tracts of Cranston, RI, population 8,506. The Eviction Risk Score is 3.3/10, in the Lower tier. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 2/10.
The severe-burden share is 19%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Against a Cranston baseline of 28.8%, 36% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Average gross rent is $1,641, 19% above the Cranston average of $1,375.
Filings are well documented here: 35 across 2 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 5.2% of renter households. Among the 10 mapped neighborhoods of Cranston, it ranks #9 by risk, the lower third.
Judgments average 2.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. At 14% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
For a like-for-like read, Bellefonte and Sockanosset score within a fraction of it. Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.5 points apart at the extremes.
With little internal variation, 3.3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Oaklawn vs CranstonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority43%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport49%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Oaklawn
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
35Total filings (sum)
3.33%Avg annual filing rate
5.2%Peak year (2016)
4.95%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
125Total filings 2020-21
0.7Avg monthly observed
0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.78×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 Oaklawn
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
14.4%Housing insecurity
8.5%Utility shutoff threat
15.7%Food insecurity
12.7%SNAP enrollment
9.2%No health insurance
28.0%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Oaklawn
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Oaklawn?
Oaklawn scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 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 Oaklawn compare to Cranston overall?
Oaklawn scores 1.0 points lower than Cranston overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,641 vs $1,375.
Q3
What is the average rent in Oaklawn?
Average gross rent in Oaklawn is $1,641/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Oaklawn residents are renters?
14% of Oaklawn households are renter-occupied (vs 32% in Cranston). The neighborhood has 8,506 residents.
Q5
Is Oaklawn a high social-vulnerability area?
Oaklawn sits in the 34th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Oaklawn have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Oaklawn is census tract 44007014200 (score 3.5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 3.5, a spread of 0.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Oaklawn for landlords?
Oaklawn carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Oaklawn?
Oaklawn has 8,266 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (75%), Hispanic / Latino (9.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
