2 census tracts · pop 14,061 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.1/10
· range 3–4.8
Thornton spans 2 census tracts of Cranston, RI, population 14,061. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.1/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 47% against 28.8% citywide, putting Thornton 18.1% over its own city.
The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 4.8, a 1.8-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 2.1/10.
11% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 246 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 6.2% of renter households.
Among the 10 mapped neighborhoods of Cranston, it ranks #5 by risk, the middle third. Judgments average 2.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Meshanticut and Pocasset. Average gross rent runs $1,405, close to the Cranston average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $72,412. 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.8 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Thornton vs CranstonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority57%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Thornton
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
246Total filings (sum)
4.93%Avg annual filing rate
6.2%Peak year (2016)
5.39%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
629Total filings 2020-21
4.5Avg monthly observed
5.7Pre-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 Thornton
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
15.9%Housing insecurity
9.3%Utility shutoff threat
18.1%Food insecurity
15.2%SNAP enrollment
9.6%No health insurance
29.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Thornton
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Thornton?
Thornton scores 4.1/10 (Moderate 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 Thornton compare to Cranston overall?
Thornton scores 0.2 points lower than Cranston overall (4.3/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,405 vs $1,375.
Q3
What is the average rent in Thornton?
Average gross rent in Thornton is $1,405/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Thornton residents are renters?
49% of Thornton households are renter-occupied (vs 32% in Cranston). The neighborhood has 14,061 residents.
Q5
Is Thornton a high social-vulnerability area?
Thornton sits in the 65th 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 Thornton have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Thornton is census tract 44007014700 (score 4.8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 4.8, a spread of 1.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Thornton for landlords?
Thornton carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.1/10). 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Thornton?
Thornton has 13,892 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (55.5%), Hispanic / Latino (23.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
