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Brenton Village Eviction Risk: Elevated , Newport

Tract 44005041100 · Newport County, RI · pop 1,388 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

With a score of 7.5/10, tract 44005041100 in the Brenton Village area of Newport, RI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,388 residents. Cost burden runs 74% here against 45.1% across Newport County.

Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 12% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units753
Renter share48.3%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$80,139

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Brenton Village
Moderate
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 8 tracts In Newport
Moderate
Within county
73 th percentile
Rank, 73rd percentileLowHigh
#7 of 23 tracts In Newport County
Elevated
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#43 of 247 tracts In Rhode Island
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Newport and the region

Centroid at 41.4854, -71.3281 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brenton Village scores 7.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Newport
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.5
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,761 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newport
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newport
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newport
7.3

How Brenton Village compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brenton Village risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.5This tracttract 0411006.6Newportparent city6.2Countyavg tract in county5.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 40

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 11Total filings over 1 yrs
  • 3.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.2%Peak (2016)
  • 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Brenton Village. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brenton Village

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Newport County average of 6.2.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 11 evictions over 1 years of observation. Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally.

The worst year on record was 2016, when 3.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.2% 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 4.6/10 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. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,761, close to the Newport average.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 44005041100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44005041100?

Census tract 44005041100 in the Brenton Village 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 44005041100?

Median gross rent is $1,761/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 44005041100?

15.0% of residents in tract 44005041100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,388.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 44005041100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 9th, minority 52th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 44005041100 considered part of Brenton Village?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44005041100 fall within Brenton Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44005041100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 44005041100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.16% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 44005041100 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.7% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 44005041100 compare to Newport overall?

Tract 44005041100 scores 7.5/10, higher than the parent city of Newport at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newport 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

Top eight tracts in Newport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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