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Neighborhood · Woonsocket, RI

Bernon Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated

3 census tracts · pop 9,215 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.3/10 · range 5.6–7.4

Bernon Heights spans 3 census tracts of Woonsocket, RI, population 9,215. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.3/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Against a Woonsocket baseline of 29.0%, 44% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. Severe burden reaches 24%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Scores across the 3 constituent tracts range from 5.6 to 7.4. A 1.8-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here.

Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1.8/10. On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.2/10. Court records carry 220 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts.

The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 10.5% of renter households. At $1,080 a month, rents sit 7% under what the rest of Woonsocket commands. Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of Woonsocket, it ranks #6 by risk, the lower third.

Judgments average 4.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Globe and Hamlet score within a fraction of it.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.3 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Bernon Heights vs Woonsocket How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
44.3% +53%
Woonsocket: 29.0%
Average gross rent
$1,080 -7%
Woonsocket: $1,161
Average HH income
$70,627 +20%
Woonsocket: $58,614
Poverty rate
8.7% -56%
Woonsocket: 19.7%
Renter share
42.6% -32%
Woonsocket: 62.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Bernon Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 5.6–7.4

Why Bernon Heights scores 6.3

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 6.5–6.5 across tracts
6.5
Rent control risk
44% of income on rent · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 4.9–4.9 across tracts
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
43% renter households · Range 9.7–9.7 across tracts
9.7
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.0–7.0 across tracts
7.0
Economic stress
8.7% below poverty line · Range 1.2–3.7 across tracts
2.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–2.5 across tracts
1.8
Risk score comparison

Bernon Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Bernon Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.Bernon Heights: 6.36.3Bernon HeightsNeighborhoodParent city: 6.56.5Parent cityhost cityState: 5.65.6Stateavg in stateU.S.: 5.15.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Bernon Heights?

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 1.8 points from 5.6 to 7.4. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

3 tracts in Bernon Heights

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

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
44007017800 7.4 2,851 57% $940
44007018500 6.1 2,700 63% $1,205
44007017700 5.6 3,664 21% $1,098
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 59

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 66%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 62%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 49%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Bernon Heights

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 220Total filings (sum)
  • 6.83%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.5%Peak year (2016)
  • 6.41%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 542Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.3Avg monthly observed
  • 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.79×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 Bernon Heights

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

Frequently asked

About Bernon Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Bernon Heights?

Bernon Heights scores 6.3/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 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 Bernon Heights compare to Woonsocket overall?

Bernon Heights scores 0.2 points lower than Woonsocket overall (6.5/10). Renters spend 44% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,080 vs $1,161.
Q3

What is the average rent in Bernon Heights?

Average gross rent in Bernon Heights is $1,080/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Bernon Heights residents are renters?

43% of Bernon Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 63% in Woonsocket). The neighborhood has 9,215 residents.
Q5

Is Bernon Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Bernon Heights sits in the 59th 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 Bernon Heights have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Bernon Heights is census tract 44007017800 (score 7.4/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.6 to 7.4, a spread of 1.8 points.
Q7

How safe is Bernon Heights for landlords?

Bernon Heights carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.3/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Woonsocket as a whole (6.5/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Bernon Heights?

Bernon Heights has 9,070 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (68%), Hispanic / Latino (16.5%), Other / Multiracial (7.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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