Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Woonsocket Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 44007018400 · Providence County, RI · pop 6,430
44007018400 is a census tract in Woonsocket, RI. It scores 7.8/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,430. 26% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Providence County average of 43.2%.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units2,547
Renter share46.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$61,220
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woonsocket and the region
Centroid at 42.0119, -71.4763 · click any tract to drill in
Why Woonsocket scores 7.8
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
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$812 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 Woonsocket compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 35%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)
- 126Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2016)
- 80Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 433Total filings 2020-21
- 5.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.36×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
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.
- 17.2%Housing insecurity
- 10.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.5%Food insecurity
- 19.4%SNAP enrollment
- 10.2%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 33.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Woonsocket
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. It sits 2.1 points above the Providence County average of 5.7.
22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. At $812 a month, rents run 30% under what the rest of Woonsocket commands.
The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 126 evictions over 2 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.9% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 5.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 89% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007018400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007018400?
Census tract 44007018400 in Woonsocket scores 7.8/10 (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 44007018400?
Median gross rent is $812/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007018400?
20.3% of residents in tract 44007018400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,430.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007018400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 98th, minority 62th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007018400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 126 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007018400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.02% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 44007018400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.36× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Portland, OR), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 44007018400 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.2% 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. 10.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 44007018400 compare to Woonsocket overall?
Tract 44007018400 scores 7.8/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 44007018400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Woonsocket
Top eight tracts in Woonsocket ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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