Dunns Corners Eviction Risk: Lower , Westerly
Tract 44009050902 · Washington County, RI · pop 5,051 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
For landlords sizing up the Dunns Corners neighborhood of Westerly, census tract 44009050902 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. That is riskier than about 52% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 46% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,135 monthly, set against $124,527 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Westerly and the region
Centroid at 41.3642, -71.7682 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dunns Corners scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Dunns Corners compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%Housing & transportation
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)
- 31Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2016)
- 16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.8%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 3.9%No health insurance
- 13.0%Frequent mental distress
- 22.3%Any disability
What drives eviction risk in Dunns Corners
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.2/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Westerly eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Washington County average of 5.2 and below the Rhode Island statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 18th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 31 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 3.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.2% of renter households in 2016.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 44009050902
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Highest-risk tracts in Westerly
Top eight tracts in Westerly ranked by composite eviction-risk score.