Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Whitehall Eviction Risk: Elevated , Newport East
Tract 44005040304 · Newport County, RI · pop 3,411 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Census tract 44005040304 covers part of the Whitehall area of Newport East, RI, and scores 6.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,411 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,487
Renter share42.4%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$84,032
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newport East and the region
Centroid at 41.5317, -71.2805 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitehall scores 6.9
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
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,616 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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)
- 20Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2016)
- 20Filings 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 11.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.0%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 15.8%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitehall
Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Cost burden runs 38% here against 45.1% across Newport County.
The filing record is not thin: 20 evictions over 1 years of observation. At $1,616 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Newport East commands.
Against the Newport County average of 6.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. The worst year on record was 2016, when 3.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.7/10. Statewide the RI average is 5.3, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $84,032.
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 44005040304
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44005040304?
Census tract 44005040304 in the Whitehall neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 44005040304?
Median gross rent is $1,616/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44005040304?
9.5% of residents in tract 44005040304 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,411.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44005040304?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 68th, minority 43th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 44005040304 considered part of Whitehall?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44005040304 fall within Whitehall (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44005040304?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 44005040304 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.99% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 44005040304 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 44005040304 compare to Newport East overall?
Tract 44005040304 scores 6.9/10, 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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