Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Bernon Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Woonsocket
Tract 44007017800 · Providence County, RI · pop 2,851 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 7.4/10, tract 44007017800 in the Bernon Heights area of Woonsocket, RI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,851. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,200
Renter share73.1%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$49,808
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woonsocket and the region
Centroid at 41.9966, -71.5080 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bernon Heights scores 7.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Woonsocket
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$940 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Woonsocket
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Woonsocket
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Woonsocket
7.0
How Bernon Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 37%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 46%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)
- 125Total filings over 2 yrs
- 9.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.5%Peak (2015)
- 55Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 318Total filings 2020-21
- 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.72×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Portland, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bernon Heights. 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.
- 21.8%Housing insecurity
- 13.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 27.5%Food insecurity
- 26.7%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 21.2%Frequent mental distress
- 35.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bernon Heights
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. 57% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Providence County average of 43.2%.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. It sits 1.7 points above the Providence County average of 5.7.
Average gross rent is $940, 19% below the Woonsocket average. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 27.5% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 125 eviction filings across 2 observed years.
Housing insecurity runs 21.8% against 14.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when 10.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Woonsocket. 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 9.6% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007017800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007017800?
Census tract 44007017800 in the Bernon Heights neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 44007017800?
Median gross rent is $940/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007017800?
14.6% of residents in tract 44007017800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,851.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007017800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 88th, minority 64th, housing 98th.
Q5
Is tract 44007017800 considered part of Bernon Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007017800 fall within Bernon Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007017800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 125 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007017800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.57% of renter households, peaking at 10.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007017800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.72× 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 44007017800 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.8% 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. 13.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007017800 compare to Woonsocket overall?
Tract 44007017800 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Woonsocket at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woonsocket eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 44007017800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 46% 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 Woonsocket
Top eight tracts in Woonsocket ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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