Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Knightsville Eviction Risk: Lower , Cranston
Tract 44007014000 · Providence County, RI · pop 6,958 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 44007014000 covers part of the Knightsville area of Cranston, RI, and scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,958. The severe-burden share is 35%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,504
Renter share28.0%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$79,096
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cranston and the region
Centroid at 41.7843, -71.4458 · click any tract to drill in
Why Knightsville scores 3.9
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
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,447 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Knightsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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.
- 11%Grade A
- 27%Grade B
- 62%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)
- 42Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2016)
- 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 110Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.98×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Portland, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 15.8%Housing insecurity
- 9.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 15.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.8%Transit barriers
- 9.5%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 29.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Knightsville
58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Providence County average of 43.2%. Against the Providence County average of 5.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.8 points.
The clearest offset is economic stress at 2.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 42 evictions over 2 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.2% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10. Statewide the RI average is 5.3, so this tract runs 1.4 points cooler.
Average gross rent is $1,447, close to the Cranston average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $79,096.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007014000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007014000?
Census tract 44007014000 in the Knightsville neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 44007014000?
Median gross rent is $1,447/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007014000?
8.5% of residents in tract 44007014000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,958.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007014000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 37th, minority 57th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 44007014000 considered part of Knightsville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007014000 fall within Knightsville (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007014000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007014000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.98% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007014000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.98× 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 44007014000 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.8% 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. 9.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007014000 compare to Cranston overall?
Tract 44007014000 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Cranston at 4.3/10. 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 44007014000 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 Cranston
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5.1
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.6
/ 10 · Moderate
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4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
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Auburn
3.9
/ 10 · Low
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
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3.8
/ 10 · Low
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