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th percentile
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Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Wesleyan Avenue Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Providence
Tract 44007000400 · Providence County, RI · pop 4,373 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
How risky is the Wesleyan Avenue Historic District neighborhood of Providence for landlords? Census tract 44007000400 scores 6.5/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
45% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,148 a month while the average household earns $68,188 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 73% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,421
Renter share73.3%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate18.9%
Median income$68,188
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Providence and the region
Centroid at 41.8058, -71.4160 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wesleyan Avenue Historic District scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Providence
7.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
18.9% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,148 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Providence
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Providence
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Providence
6.5
How Wesleyan Avenue Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 100%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 126Total filings over 2 yrs
- 7.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.5%Peak (2015)
- 55Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 366Total filings 2020-21
- 4.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.80×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Portland, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wesleyan Avenue Historic District. 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.
- 35.1%Housing insecurity
- 20.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 42.8%Food insecurity
- 38.0%SNAP enrollment
- 19.3%Transit barriers
- 23.6%No health insurance
- 21.1%Frequent mental distress
- 38.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wesleyan Avenue Historic District
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Providence eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Providence County average of 6.1 and above the Rhode Island statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 126 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 7.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.5% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 95th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007000400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007000400?
Census tract 44007000400 in the Wesleyan Avenue Historic District neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 44007000400?
Median gross rent is $1,148/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007000400?
18.9% of residents in tract 44007000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,373.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007000400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 93th, minority 93th, housing 58th.
Q5
Is tract 44007000400 considered part of Wesleyan Avenue Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007000400 fall within Wesleyan Avenue Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007000400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 126 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.38% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007000400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Portland, OR), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 44007000400 struggle to pay rent?
About 35.1% 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. 20.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007000400 compare to Providence overall?
Tract 44007000400 scores 5.3/10, lower than the parent city of Providence at 6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Providence eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 44007000400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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Highest-risk tracts in Providence
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Wesleyan Avenue Historic District
6.6
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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