Within neighborhood
70
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
Darlington Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pawtucket
Tract 44007015900 · Providence County, RI · pop 3,216 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 6.1/10, tract 44007015900 in the Darlington area of Pawtucket, RI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,216 residents. 23% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Providence County average of 43.2%.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,410
Renter share57.7%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$65,805
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pawtucket and the region
Centroid at 41.8831, -71.3593 · click any tract to drill in
Why Darlington scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pawtucket
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,456 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pawtucket
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pawtucket
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pawtucket
6.0
How Darlington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 58%Grade A
- 38%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 68Total filings over 2 yrs
- 4.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2015)
- 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 225Total filings 2020-21
- 2.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.50×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Portland, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Darlington. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 19.2%Housing insecurity
- 11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.2%Food insecurity
- 19.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.9%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 20.6%Frequent mental distress
- 32.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Darlington
The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,456, 21% above the Pawtucket average. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.7/10.
The filing record is not thin: 68 evictions over 2 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2015 at 5.6% of renter households.
This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Pawtucket & Central Falls. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 4.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 79th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007015900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007015900?
Census tract 44007015900 in the Darlington neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 44007015900?
Median gross rent is $1,456/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007015900?
10.6% of residents in tract 44007015900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,216.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007015900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 69th, minority 56th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 44007015900 considered part of Darlington?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007015900 fall within Darlington (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007015900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 68 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007015900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.37% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007015900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.50× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Portland, OR), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 44007015900 struggle to pay rent?
About 19.2% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007015900 compare to Pawtucket overall?
Tract 44007015900 scores 6.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Pawtucket at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pawtucket eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 44007015900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pawtucket
Top eight tracts in Pawtucket ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Woodlawn
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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Woodlawn
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · RI
Darlington
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · RI
Woodlawn
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · RI
Woodlawn
7.3
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · RI
Woodlawn
7.1
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · RI
Darlington
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · RI
Darlington
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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