8 census tracts · pop 29,890 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.7/10
· range 5–7.3
Woodlawn is a 8-tract neighborhood of Pawtucket, RI and houses 29,890 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.7/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 48% against 28.0% citywide, putting Woodlawn 19.5% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 24%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The 8 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5 to 7.3, a 2.3-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 2.2/10. CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 22.9% of adults, against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Filings are well documented here: 962 across 8 observed tracts.
Food insecurity affects 27.3% of adults, 9.5 points above the national rate. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 17.7% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,101, 9% below the Pawtucket average of $1,208. Judgments average 4.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 7.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $58,155. 65% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 2.3 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
8 tracts · population-weighted
Woodlawn vs PawtucketHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority73%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport69%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Woodlawn
Aggregated across 8 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
962Total filings (sum)
6.60%Avg annual filing rate
17.7%Peak year (2016)
6.96%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
2,580Total filings 2020-21
4.6Avg monthly observed
5.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.78×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 Woodlawn
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.9%Housing insecurity
15.4%Utility shutoff threat
28.6%Food insecurity
27.1%SNAP enrollment
13.0%No health insurance
35.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Woodlawn
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Woodlawn?
Woodlawn scores 6.7/10 (Elevated tier) across 8 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 Woodlawn compare to Pawtucket overall?
Woodlawn scores 0.8 points higher than Pawtucket overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $1,101 vs $1,208.
Q3
What is the average rent in Woodlawn?
Average gross rent in Woodlawn is $1,101/month (pop-weighted across 8 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Woodlawn residents are renters?
65% of Woodlawn households are renter-occupied (vs 50% in Pawtucket). The neighborhood has 29,890 residents.
Q5
Is Woodlawn a high social-vulnerability area?
Woodlawn sits in the 76th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Woodlawn have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Woodlawn is census tract 44007016100 (score 7.3/10). Across the 8 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5 to 7.3, a spread of 2.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Woodlawn for landlords?
Woodlawn carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.7/10). Pop-weighted across 8 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Woodlawn?
Woodlawn has 29,673 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (40.1%), Hispanic / Latino (27.8%), Other / Multiracial (16.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
