Within neighborhood
30
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,320 of 84,120 nationally
Darlington Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pawtucket
Tract 44007017100 · Providence County, RI · pop 4,976 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Census tract 44007017100 sits in the Darlington neighborhood of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. It has a population of 4,976 and an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10 (Moderate tier). 31% of renters here pay 30%+ of their household income on rent, with 14% severely cost-burdened (≥50%). Median gross rent is $1,175/month against a median household income of $82,266 — roughly 17% rent-to-income at the medians.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,861
Renter share41.0%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$82,266
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pawtucket and the region
Centroid at 41.8672, -71.3709 · click any tract to drill in
Why Darlington scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,175 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 96%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.
- 2%Grade A
- 44%Grade B
- 25%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 · 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)
- 163Total filings over 2 yrs
- 8.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.8%Peak (2015)
- 75Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 383Total filings 2020-21
- 5.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.91×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 Darlington. 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.
- 20.0%Housing insecurity
- 11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 23.0%Food insecurity
- 19.5%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 32.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About tract 44007017100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007017100?
Census tract 44007017100 in the Darlington neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 44007017100?
Median gross rent is $1,175/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007017100?
13.3% of residents in tract 44007017100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,976.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007017100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 79th, minority 69th, housing 96th.
Q5
Is tract 44007017100 considered part of Darlington?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007017100 fall within Darlington (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007017100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 163 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007017100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.59% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007017100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.91× 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 44007017100 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.0% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats — a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007017100 compare to Pawtucket overall?
Tract 44007017100 scores 5.6/10 — 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 44007017100 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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6.7
/ 10 · Elevated
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Woodlawn
6.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · RI
Darlington
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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Woodlawn
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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Woodlawn
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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Woodlawn
6.3
/ 10 · Elevated
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Phillipsdale
6.1
/ 10 · Elevated
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Darlington
6.0
/ 10 · Elevated
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