1 census tracts · pop 5,051 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10
· range 3.3–3.3
Dunns Corners is a one-tract neighborhood of Westerly, RI, population 5,051. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.3/10, Lower tier. The severe-burden share is 46%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
58% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Westerly rate of 28.6%. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.2/10.
Court records for this tract carry 31 eviction filings. Food insecurity affects 6.8% of adults, 11.0 points below the national rate. 3.9% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 3.2% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,135, 10% below the Westerly average of $1,260.
Judgments average 2.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. For a like-for-like read, Mechanic Street Historic District and Stillmanville score within a fraction of it.
Rent takes 11% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Dunns Corners vs WesterlyHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority4%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport21%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Dunns Corners
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
31Total filings (sum)
3.61%Avg annual filing rate
3.2%Peak year (2016)
3.19%Latest filed (2016)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Dunns Corners
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
6.2%Housing insecurity
4.3%Utility shutoff threat
6.8%Food insecurity
6.1%SNAP enrollment
3.9%No health insurance
22.3%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Dunns Corners
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Dunns Corners?
Dunns Corners scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Dunns Corners compare to Westerly overall?
Dunns Corners scores 1.1 points lower than Westerly overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,135 vs $1,260.
Q3
What is the average rent in Dunns Corners?
Average gross rent in Dunns Corners is $1,135/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Dunns Corners residents are renters?
12% of Dunns Corners households are renter-occupied (vs 29% in Westerly). The neighborhood has 5,051 residents.
Q5
Is Dunns Corners a high social-vulnerability area?
Dunns Corners sits in the 18th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Dunns Corners for landlords?
Dunns Corners carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Westerly as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Dunns Corners?
Dunns Corners has 5,117 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (96.8%), Hispanic / Latino (1.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (0.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
