Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Mechanic Street Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Westerly
Tract 44009050802 · Washington County, RI · pop 3,748 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 44009050802 covers part of the Mechanic Street Historic District area of Westerly, RI, and scores 4.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,748 residents. Against Washington County at 40.2%, 11% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,674
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$80,723
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westerly and the region
Centroid at 41.3565, -71.8241 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mechanic Street Historic District scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westerly
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,521 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westerly
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westerly
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westerly
4.6
How Mechanic Street Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%Housing & transportation
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)
- 22Total filings over 2 yrs
- 1.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2015)
- 8Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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.
- 7.1%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 7.4%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 25.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mechanic Street Historic District
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.1/10. At $1,521 a month, rents run 21% over what the rest of Westerly commands. Food insecurity runs 8.4% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 22 evictions over 2 years of observation. Housing insecurity runs 7.1% against 14.2% nationally. Filings peaked in 2015 at 2.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.8/10. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the Washington County average of 4.3 closely. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $80,723.
31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 44009050802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44009050802?
Census tract 44009050802 in the Mechanic Street Historic District neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 44009050802?
Median gross rent is $1,521/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44009050802?
4.4% of residents in tract 44009050802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,748.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44009050802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 39th, minority 16th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 44009050802 considered part of Mechanic Street Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44009050802 fall within Mechanic Street Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44009050802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44009050802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.79% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 44009050802 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.1% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 44009050802 compare to Westerly overall?
Tract 44009050802 scores 4.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Westerly at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westerly eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Westerly
Top eight tracts in Westerly ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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