Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Whitehall Eviction Risk: Elevated , Newport East
Tract 44005040302 · Newport County, RI · pop 2,876 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
With a score of 7.5/10, tract 44005040302 in the Whitehall area of Newport East, RI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,876. Against Newport County at 45.1%, 62% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units1,212
Renter share25.2%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$75,339
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newport East and the region
Centroid at 41.5122, -71.2979 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitehall scores 7.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Newport East
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,946 rent vs county FMR
7.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newport East
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newport East
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newport East
6.4
How Whitehall compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 4Total filings over 1 yrs
- 1.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2016)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Whitehall. 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.
- 10.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 12.9%SNAP enrollment
- 7.3%Transit barriers
- 7.2%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 28.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitehall
The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10.
The voucher gap is 20.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. It sits 1.3 points above the Newport County average of 6.2. Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 7.1/10.
Court records carry 4 eviction filings across 1 observed years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 1.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 6.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the RI average is 5.3, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter.
Average gross rent is $1,946, close to the Newport East average. Annual rent works out to 31% of average household income of $75,339.
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 44005040302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44005040302?
Census tract 44005040302 in the Whitehall neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 44005040302?
Median gross rent is $1,946/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44005040302?
13.5% of residents in tract 44005040302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,876.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44005040302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 66th, minority 57th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 44005040302 considered part of Whitehall?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44005040302 fall within Whitehall (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44005040302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 44005040302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.34% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 44005040302 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 44005040302 compare to Newport East overall?
Tract 44005040302 scores 7.5/10, higher than the parent city of Newport East at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newport East eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Newport East
Top eight tracts in Newport East ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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