Federal Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Providence

It sits 2.2 points above the Providence County average of 5.7. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. 67% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.5/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 23.6% against 11.3% nationally.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 18.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Court records carry 211 eviction filings across 2 observed years.

Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10. Filings peaked in 2015 at 10.5% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Providence. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 9.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.