Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
Auburn Eviction Risk: Lower , Cranston
Tract 44007013701 · Providence County, RI · pop 4,587 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
The Elevated-tier score of 6.2/10 for census tract 44007013701 reflects conditions in Auburn in Cranston, Rhode Island. That is riskier than about 79% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 62% of renter households, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,213 monthly, set against $81,971 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,717
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$81,971
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cranston and the region
Centroid at 41.7788, -71.4289 · click any tract to drill in
Why Auburn scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cranston
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,213 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cranston
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cranston
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cranston
5.5
How Auburn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 83%Grade B
- 16%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)
- 52Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2016)
- 28Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 117Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.75×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 Auburn. 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.
- 16.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.8%Food insecurity
- 16.1%SNAP enrollment
- 9.4%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 28.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Auburn
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 5.5/10. 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 Cranston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Providence County average of 6.1 and in line with the Rhode Island statewide average of 5.9. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.75x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 44007013701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007013701?
Census tract 44007013701 in the Auburn neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 44007013701?
Median gross rent is $1,213/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007013701?
20.5% of residents in tract 44007013701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,587.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007013701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 50th, minority 63th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 44007013701 considered part of Auburn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007013701 fall within Auburn (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007013701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 52 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007013701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.97% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007013701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.75× 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 44007013701 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.5% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007013701 compare to Cranston overall?
Tract 44007013701 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Cranston at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cranston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 44007013701 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cranston
Top eight tracts in Cranston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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