Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Wanskuck Eviction Risk: High , Providence
Tract 44007002900 · Providence County, RI · pop 7,461 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
With a score of 8/10, tract 44007002900 in the Wanskuck area of Providence, RI reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,461 residents. It sits 2.3 points above the Providence County average of 5.7.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units2,760
Renter share56.9%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate18.9%
Median income$52,295
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
88
th percentile
High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Providence and the region
Centroid at 41.8512, -71.4185 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wanskuck scores 8
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
$1,165 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Wanskuck compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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
- 3%Grade B
- 69%Grade C
- 16%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)
- 340Total filings over 2 yrs
- 11.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.7%Peak (2015)
- 146Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 635Total filings 2020-21
- 8.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.82×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 Wanskuck. 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.
- 24.9%Housing insecurity
- 15.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.3%Food insecurity
- 27.0%SNAP enrollment
- 14.2%Transit barriers
- 14.2%No health insurance
- 20.3%Frequent mental distress
- 34.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wanskuck
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 2.2/10. SNAP participation runs 27.0% against 15.2% nationally. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.
Food insecurity runs 29.3% against 17.8% nationally. Against Providence County at 43.2%, 49% of renters here are cost-burdened.
On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $1,165, 17% below the Providence average.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 340 evictions over 2 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2015 at 13.7% of renter households.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007002900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007002900?
Census tract 44007002900 in the Wanskuck neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 44007002900?
Median gross rent is $1,165/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007002900?
18.9% of residents in tract 44007002900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,461.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007002900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 95th, minority 79th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 44007002900 considered part of Wanskuck?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007002900 fall within Wanskuck (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007002900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 340 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007002900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.07% of renter households, peaking at 13.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007002900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.82× 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 44007002900 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.9% 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. 15.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007002900 compare to Providence overall?
Tract 44007002900 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Providence at 6.6/10. 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 44007002900 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. 16% 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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