Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Oaklawn Eviction Risk: Lower , Cranston
Tract 44007014400 · Providence County, RI · pop 3,586 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
44007014400 is a census tract in the Oaklawn area of Cranston, RI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. 32% 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 11%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,626
Renter share21.1%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$107,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cranston and the region
Centroid at 41.7524, -71.4714 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oaklawn 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
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,746 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Oaklawn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
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)
- 27Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2016)
- 17Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 102Total filings 2020-21
- 1.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.86×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 Oaklawn. 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.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 5.1%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 27.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oaklawn
It sits 2.7 points below the Providence County average of 5.7. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,746, 27% above the Cranston average.
Cost burden runs 50% here against 43.2% across Providence County. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 27 filings here across 2 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 21% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.6/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007014400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007014400?
Census tract 44007014400 in the Oaklawn 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 44007014400?
Median gross rent is $1,746/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007014400?
4.9% of residents in tract 44007014400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,586.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007014400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 37th, minority 22th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 44007014400 considered part of Oaklawn?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007014400 fall within Oaklawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007014400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 27 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007014400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.62% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007014400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.86× 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 44007014400 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007014400 compare to Cranston overall?
Tract 44007014400 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.
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4.6
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/ 10 · Moderate
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