Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Darlington Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pawtucket
Tract 44007015500 ·
Providence County, RI · pop 4,649 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 44007015500 in the Darlington area of Pawtucket, RI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,649. Severe burden reaches 19%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%Stable renters 26%Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,915
Renter share44.4%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate14.5%
Median income$84,489
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
60th percentile
#5 of 11 tracts In Darlington
Elevated
Within parent city
55th percentile
#10 of 21 tracts In Pawtucket
Elevated
Within county
55th percentile
#66 of 145 tracts In Providence County
Moderate
Within state
68th percentile
#81 of 247 tracts In Rhode Island
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pawtucket and the region
Centroid at 41.8925, -71.3638 · click any tract to drill in
Why Darlington scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Pawtucket
6.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
14.5% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,227 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pawtucket
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pawtucket
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pawtucket
6.0
How Darlington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
72%Socioeconomic
45%Household composition
74%Racial/ethnic minority
24%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
100%Grade B
0%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)
94Total filings over 2 yrs
6.40%Avg annual filing rate
6.7%Peak (2016)
53Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
229Total filings 2020-21
3.0Avg monthly (observed)
3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.76×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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 Darlington. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
21.6%Housing insecurity
13.4%Utility-shutoff threat
24.5%Food insecurity
22.2%SNAP enrollment
12.3%Transit barriers
11.5%No health insurance
20.9%Frequent mental distress
32.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Darlington
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.5/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.6/10.
Court records carry 94 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 21.6% against 14.2% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 22.2% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when 6.7% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Pawtucket & Central Falls. 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 6.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $84,489, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 42% of renters. It tracks the Providence County average of 5.7 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,227, close to the Pawtucket average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007015500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007015500?
Census tract 44007015500 in the Darlington neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 44007015500?
Median gross rent is $1,227/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007015500?
14.5% of residents in tract 44007015500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,649.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007015500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 45th, minority 74th, housing 24th.
Q5
Is tract 44007015500 considered part of Darlington?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007015500 fall within Darlington (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007015500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 94 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007015500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.40% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007015500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.76× 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 44007015500 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.6% 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. 13.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007015500 compare to Pawtucket overall?
Tract 44007015500 scores 6/10, right in line with the parent city of Pawtucket at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pawtucket eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 44007015500 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 Pawtucket
Top eight tracts in Pawtucket ranked by composite eviction-risk score.