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Neighborhood · Cranston, RI

Sockanosset Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 3,110 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.8/10 · range 3.8–3.8

Sockanosset maps to a single census tract in Cranston, RI and houses 3,110 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.8/10, in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 55% against 28.8% citywide, putting Sockanosset 26.5% over its own city.

Severe burden reaches 24%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions logged in this tract.

The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 3.4% of renter households. That places it #8 of 10 neighborhoods in Cranston. Judgments average 1.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Pocasset and Knightsville. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Average gross rent runs $1,435, close to the Cranston average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $75,104.

39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

One tract means one number: 3.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Sockanosset vs Cranston How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
55.3% +92%
Cranston: 28.8%
Average gross rent
$1,435 +4%
Cranston: $1,375
Average HH income
$75,104 -14%
Cranston: $87,716
Poverty rate
6.4% -26%
Cranston: 8.7%
Renter share
38.5% +19%
Cranston: 32.4%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Sockanosset and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3.8–3.8

Why Sockanosset scores 3.8

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 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Rent control risk
55% of income on rent · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
39% renter households · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Economic stress
6.4% below poverty line · Range 1.6–1.6 across tracts
1.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.9–3.9 across tracts
3.9
Risk score comparison

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

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Sockanosset score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.8SockanossetNeighborhood4.3Parent cityhost city5.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Sockanosset

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

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
44007013900 3.8 3,110 55% $1,435
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 49

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 25%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 79%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 38%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 63%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Sockanosset

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 33Total filings (sum)
  • 3.18%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.4%Peak year (2016)
  • 3.39%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 126Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.6Avg monthly observed
  • 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.88×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 Sockanosset

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Sockanosset

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Sockanosset?

Sockanosset scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Sockanosset compare to Cranston overall?

Sockanosset scores 0.5 points lower than Cranston overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,435 vs $1,375.
Q3

What is the average rent in Sockanosset?

Average gross rent in Sockanosset is $1,435/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Sockanosset residents are renters?

39% of Sockanosset households are renter-occupied (vs 32% in Cranston). The neighborhood has 3,110 residents.
Q5

Is Sockanosset a high social-vulnerability area?

Sockanosset sits in the 49th 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

How safe is Sockanosset for landlords?

Sockanosset carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Sockanosset?

Sockanosset has 3,071 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (73.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (15.6%), Other / Multiracial (4.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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