Neighborhood · Pawtucket, RI

Darlington Eviction Risk: Moderate

11 census tracts · pop 36,144 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10 · range 4.5–7.3

Darlington is a 11-tract neighborhood of Pawtucket, RI, population 36,144. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.7/10, in the Moderate tier. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 4.5 to 7.3, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.

Severe burden reaches 21%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 2.5/10.

34% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, ahead of the Pawtucket rate of 28.0%. On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.8/10. Filings are well documented here: 796 across 11 observed tracts.

The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 8.8% of renter households. Judgments average 3.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. The closest comparables inside the same city are Fairlawn and Woodlawn.

Rent takes 18% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Average gross rent runs $1,215, close to the Pawtucket average. 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.8 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

5.7

Moderate

11 tracts · population-weighted

Darlington vs Pawtucket How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

34.4% +23%

Pawtucket: 28.0%

Average gross rent

$1,215 +1%

Pawtucket: $1,208

Average HH income

$80,987 +20%

Pawtucket: $67,436

Poverty rate

10.9% -20%

Pawtucket: 13.6%

Renter share

44.2% -11%

Pawtucket: 49.9%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Darlington and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 11 tracts span score 4.5–7.3

Why Darlington scores 5.7

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 6.0–6.0 across tracts

6.0

Rent control risk

34% of income on rent · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts

4.5

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts

6.0

Tenant organizing strength

44% renter households · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts

5.5

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts

6.0

Economic stress

10.9% below poverty line · Range 1.0–5.1 across tracts

2.8

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.7–4.0 across tracts

2.5

Risk score comparison

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

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Darlington?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 2.8 points from 4.5 to 7.3. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

7.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.5

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

11 tracts in Darlington

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

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
44007015300	7.3	2,674	55%	$1,081
44007015600	6.2	2,552	31%	$1,158
44007016000	6.1	3,329	29%	$1,170
44007015900	6.1	3,216	23%	$1,456
44007015500	6	4,649	42%	$1,227
44007017100	5.9	4,976	31%	$1,175
44007015400	5.6	2,130	34%	$1,243
44007016800	5.2	3,235	33%	$1,160
44007015700	5	3,695	40%	$1,354
44007015800	4.7	3,861	36%	$1,151
44007016900	4.5	1,827	15%	$1,138

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 60

Pop-weighted across 11 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 61%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 61%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 61%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 48%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Darlington

Aggregated across 11 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

796Total filings (sum)
5.80%Avg annual filing rate
8.8%Peak year (2016)
5.60%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

2,141Total filings 2020-21
2.7Avg monthly observed
3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.90×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 Darlington

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

19.0%Housing insecurity
11.3%Utility shutoff threat
21.5%Food insecurity
18.8%SNAP enrollment
11.0%No health insurance
31.6%Any disability

Frequently asked

About Darlington

What is the eviction-risk score for Darlington?

Darlington scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 11 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.

How does Darlington compare to Pawtucket overall?

Darlington scores 0.2 points lower than Pawtucket overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 34% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $1,215 vs $1,208.

What is the average rent in Darlington?

Average gross rent in Darlington is $1,215/month (pop-weighted across 11 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Darlington residents are renters?

44% of Darlington households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Pawtucket). The neighborhood has 36,144 residents.

Is Darlington a high social-vulnerability area?

Darlington sits in the 60th 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.

Which tracts in Darlington have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Darlington is census tract 44007015300 (score 7.3/10). Across the 11 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.5 to 7.3, a spread of 2.8 points.

How safe is Darlington for landlords?

Darlington carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). Pop-weighted across 11 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Pawtucket as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.

What is the demographic breakdown of Darlington?

Darlington has 36,693 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (53.8%), Hispanic / Latino (21.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Darlington

6.6 Woodlawn 8 tracts · pop 29,890 6.9 Happy Hollow 3 tracts · pop 16,523 5.2 Phillipsdale 2 tracts · pop 8,685 6.9 Sayles Bleachery 3 tracts · pop 16,147 5.3 Blackstone 3 tracts · pop 12,999 7.5 Wanskuck 5 tracts · pop 23,926

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Pawtucket

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Darlington.

4.9 Fairlawn 1 tracts · pop 4,678 6.7 Woodlawn 8 tracts · pop 29,890

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