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Woodlawn Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pawtucket

Tract 44007016300 · Providence County, RI · pop 2,897 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Census tract 44007016300 sits in the Woodlawn neighborhood of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It has a population of 2,897 and an eviction-risk score of 5.0/10 (Moderate tier). 16% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 10% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,126/month against a median household income of $77,450 — roughly 17% rent-to-income at the medians.

Risk score
5.0
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 13% Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,145
Renter share15.5%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$77,450

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank — 0th percentileBottomTop
#8 of 8 tracts In Woodlawn
Very Low
Within parent city
5 th percentile
Rank — 5th percentileBottomTop
#20 of 21 tracts In Pawtucket
Very Low
Within county
5 th percentile
Rank — 5th percentileBottomTop
#138 of 145 tracts In Providence County
Very Low
Within state
11 th percentile
Rank — 11th percentileBottomTop
#220 of 247 tracts In Rhode Island
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pawtucket and the region

Centroid at 41.8655, -71.4102 · click any tract to drill in

Why Woodlawn scores 5.0

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
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,126 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Woodlawn compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Woodlawn risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 016300Pawtucket: 6.06.0Pawtucketparent cityCounty: 6.16.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.95.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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 · Princeton Eviction Lab

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.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 62Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 12.01%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.7%Peak (2016)
  • 39Filings in 2016 (latest validated)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 107Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.69×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 — 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 3 filings (1.09× baseline)2020-02-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2020-03-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 2 filings (0.62× baseline)2020-07-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2020-08-01: 3 filings (1.71× baseline)2020-09-01: 4 filings (1.45× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2021-01-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2021-02-01: 4 filings (1.60× baseline)2021-03-01: 3 filings (2.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 1 filings (0.44× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 2 filings (0.62× baseline)2021-07-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2021-08-01: 3 filings (1.71× baseline)2021-09-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 3 filings (1.71× baseline)2021-12-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-01-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2022-02-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2022-03-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2022-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 4 filings (3.20× baseline)2022-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 3 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-11-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2022-12-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2023-03-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2023-06-01: 2 filings (0.62× baseline)2023-07-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2023-08-01: 4 filings (2.29× baseline)2023-09-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2023-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 4 filings (2.29× baseline)2023-12-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2024-01-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2024-02-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2024-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2024-05-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2024-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 6 filings (4.80× baseline)2024-08-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2024-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2025-02-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2025-03-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (0.44× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2025-06-01: 3 filings (0.92× baseline)2025-07-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2025-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2025-10-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2025-11-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2025-12-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2026-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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 Woodlawn. 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.

Frequently asked

About tract 44007016300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007016300?

Census tract 44007016300 in the Woodlawn neighborhood scores 5.0/10 (Moderate 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 44007016300?

Median gross rent is $1,126/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.

Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 44007016300?

7.5% of residents in tract 44007016300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,897.

Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 44007016300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 31th, minority 72th, housing 23th.

Q5

Is tract 44007016300 considered part of Woodlawn?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007016300 fall within Woodlawn (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).

Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007016300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007016300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.01% of renter households, peaking at 17.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 44007016300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.69× 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 44007016300 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.7% 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. 9.5% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

Q9

How does tract 44007016300 compare to Pawtucket overall?

Tract 44007016300 scores 5.0/10 — lower than the parent city of Pawtucket at 6.0/10. 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 44007016300 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.

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