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Neighborhood · Woonsocket, RI

Social Eviction Risk: Elevated

3 census tracts · pop 9,053 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.6/10 · range 7–7.9

Social takes in 3 census tracts of Woonsocket, RI, population 9,053. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.6/10, Elevated tier. Against a Woonsocket baseline of 29.0%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. This is a renter market: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The severe-burden share is 23%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. SNAP participation is 30.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally.

Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.7/10. Food insecurity affects 30.0% of adults, 12.2 points above the national rate.

Filings are well documented here: 423 across 3 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 7.5% of renter households. On the high side is housing-court posture at 7/10.

That places it #2 of 5 neighborhoods in Woonsocket. Judgments average 5.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

The closest comparables inside the same city are Waterford and Hamlet.

With little internal variation, 7.6/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
7.6
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Social vs Woonsocket How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
42.9% +48%
Woonsocket: 29.0%
Average gross rent
$1,212 +4%
Woonsocket: $1,161
Average HH income
$54,011 -8%
Woonsocket: $58,614
Poverty rate
24.9% +26%
Woonsocket: 19.7%
Renter share
77.1% +23%
Woonsocket: 62.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Social and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 7–7.9

Why Social scores 7.6

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
43% 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
77% 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
24.9% below poverty line · Range 4.5–7.5 across tracts
6.2
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–4.6 across tracts
2.7
Risk score comparison

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

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Social score vs. parent city, state, U.S.7.6SocialNeighborhood6.5Parent cityhost city5.6Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Social?

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 0.9 points from 7 to 7.9. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
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 Social

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

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
44007018100 7.9 3,187 58% $1,169
44007018000 7.9 2,577 52% $826
44007017300 7 3,289 21% $1,557
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 89

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

Socioeconomic status 77%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 95%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 64%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 82%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Social

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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 423Total filings (sum)
  • 7.32%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.5%Peak year (2016)
  • 7.20%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,366Total filings 2020-21
  • 5.8Avg monthly observed
  • 5.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.06×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Portland, OR).

CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Social

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

Frequently asked

About Social

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Social?

Social scores 7.6/10 (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 Social compare to Woonsocket overall?

Social scores 1.1 points higher than Woonsocket overall (6.5/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,212 vs $1,161.
Q3

What is the average rent in Social?

Average gross rent in Social is $1,212/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Social residents are renters?

77% of Social households are renter-occupied (vs 63% in Woonsocket). The neighborhood has 9,053 residents.
Q5

Is Social a high social-vulnerability area?

Social sits in the 89th 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 Social have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Social is census tract 44007018100 (score 7.9/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7 to 7.9, a spread of 0.9 points.
Q7

How safe is Social for landlords?

Social carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.6/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Social?

Social has 9,533 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (50.7%), Hispanic / Latino (31.6%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (7.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Social.

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