Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Kent Corner Eviction Risk: Moderate , East Providence
Tract 44007010701 · Providence County, RI · pop 1,991 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
44007010701 is a census tract in the Kent Corner area of East Providence, RI. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,991 residents. The severe-burden share is 57%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units963
Renter share24.0%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$88,347
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across East Providence and the region
Centroid at 41.7745, -71.3407 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kent Corner scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from East Providence
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,497 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from East Providence
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from East Providence
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from East Providence
5.7
How Kent Corner compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%Housing & transportation
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)
- 10Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2015)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 32Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.74×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.
- 10.5%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.8%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 5.6%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kent Corner
Against Providence County at 43.2%, 88% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.3/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. At $1,497 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of East Providence commands. The filing record is not thin: 10 evictions over 2 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 3.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
It tracks the Providence County average of 5.7 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007010701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007010701?
Census tract 44007010701 in the Kent Corner neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 44007010701?
Median gross rent is $1,497/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 88% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007010701?
9.0% of residents in tract 44007010701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,991.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007010701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 56th, minority 26th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 44007010701 considered part of Kent Corner?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007010701 fall within Kent Corner (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007010701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007010701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.31% of renter households, peaking at 3.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007010701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× 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 44007010701 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.5% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007010701 compare to East Providence overall?
Tract 44007010701 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of East Providence at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from East Providence eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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