Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Thornton Eviction Risk: Lower , Cranston
Tract 44007014800 · Providence County, RI · pop 5,492 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
44007014800 is a census tract in the Thornton area of Cranston, RI. It scores 3/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,492. It sits 2.7 points below the Providence County average of 5.7.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,408
Renter share34.9%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$101,577
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cranston and the region
Centroid at 41.7856, -71.4844 · click any tract to drill in
Why Thornton 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
$1,947 rent vs county FMR
7.1
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 Thornton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 73Total filings over 2 yrs
- 4.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.2%Peak (2016)
- 47Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 173Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.74×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 Thornton. 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.4%Food insecurity
- 9.3%SNAP enrollment
- 6.1%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 15.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Thornton
Average gross rent is $1,947, 42% above the Cranston average. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.2/10. The voucher gap is 20.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Against Providence County at 43.2%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 73 eviction filings across 2 observed years.
On the high side, supply constraint reads 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when 6.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.8% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the RI average is 5.3, so this tract runs 2.3 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007014800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007014800?
Census tract 44007014800 in the Thornton 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 44007014800?
Median gross rent is $1,947/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007014800?
4.9% of residents in tract 44007014800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,492.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007014800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 32th, minority 35th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 44007014800 considered part of Thornton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007014800 fall within Thornton (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007014800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007014800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.79% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007014800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.74× 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 44007014800 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 6.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007014800 compare to Cranston overall?
Tract 44007014800 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Cranston
Top eight tracts in Cranston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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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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Elmwood
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
/ 10 · Low
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
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