Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
College Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Providence
Tract 44007003100 · Providence County, RI · pop 4,475 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 44007003100 sits in the College Hill area of Providence eviction risk, RI, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. It is home to 4,475 residents. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units2,241
Renter share69.2%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$71,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
32
th percentile
Low
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Providence and the region
Centroid at 41.8371, -71.4086 · click any tract to drill in
Why College Hill scores 7.1
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
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,413 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 College Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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
- 8%Grade B
- 65%Grade C
- 27%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)
- 105Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2015)
- 35Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 458Total filings 2020-21
- 6.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.13×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Portland, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within College Hill. 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.
- 14.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.3%Food insecurity
- 15.3%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 7.5%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in College Hill
69% 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. 35% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Providence County average of 43.2%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.5/10.
Against the Providence County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. On the high side, local political climate reads 7.5/10.
Court records carry 105 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10. The worst year on record was 2015, when 4.5% of renter households were served.
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 3.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,481 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007003100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007003100?
Census tract 44007003100 in the College Hill neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 44007003100?
Median gross rent is $1,413/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007003100?
15.4% of residents in tract 44007003100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,475.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007003100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 66th, minority 59th, housing 70th.
Q5
Is tract 44007003100 considered part of College Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007003100 fall within College Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007003100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 105 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007003100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.28% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007003100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.13× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Portland, OR), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 44007003100 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.8% 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. 9.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007003100 compare to Providence overall?
Tract 44007003100 scores 7.1/10, 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 44007003100 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. 27% 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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