Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Wayland Eviction Risk: Lower , Cranston
Tract 44007014300 · Providence County, RI · pop 4,954 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 44007014300 covers part of the Wayland area of Cranston, RI, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,954 residents. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,142
Renter share30.4%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate3.8%
Median income$104,510
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cranston and the region
Centroid at 41.7727, -71.4625 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayland scores 3
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
3.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,574 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 Wayland compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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
- 0%Grade B
- 69%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)
- 67Total filings over 2 yrs
- 5.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2016)
- 43Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 117Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.52×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Portland, OR as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wayland. 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.
- 8.3%Housing insecurity
- 4.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.2%Food insecurity
- 7.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.0%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 25.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wayland
It sits 2.7 points below the Providence County average of 5.7. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Against Providence County at 43.2%, 52% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Food insecurity runs 9.2% against 17.8% nationally.
The filing record is not thin: 67 evictions over 2 years of observation. At $1,574 a month, rents run 14% over what the rest of Cranston commands. SNAP participation runs 7.2% against 15.2% nationally.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 7.5% 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 5.5% of renter households face a filing.
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 44007014300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007014300?
Census tract 44007014300 in the Wayland neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 44007014300?
Median gross rent is $1,574/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007014300?
3.8% of residents in tract 44007014300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,954.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007014300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 64th, minority 46th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 44007014300 considered part of Wayland?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007014300 fall within Wayland (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007014300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 67 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007014300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.54% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007014300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.52× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Portland, OR), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 44007014300 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.3% 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. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007014300 compare to Cranston overall?
Tract 44007014300 scores 3/10, 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 44007014300 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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4.8
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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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3.9
/ 10 · Low
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3.9
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