Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Hamlet Eviction Risk: Elevated , Woonsocket
Tract 44007018300 · Providence County, RI · pop 1,473 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 7.9/10, tract 44007018300 in the Hamlet area of Woonsocket, RI reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,473. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 46%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units649
Renter share80.1%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$46,153
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Woonsocket and the region
Centroid at 42.0070, -71.4962 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hamlet scores 7.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Woonsocket
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,177 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Woonsocket
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Woonsocket
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Woonsocket
7.0
How Hamlet compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 97%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)
- 121Total filings over 2 yrs
- 9.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.6%Peak (2015)
- 55Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 230Total filings 2020-21
- 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.72×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 Hamlet. 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.
- 23.1%Housing insecurity
- 14.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.0%Food insecurity
- 27.7%SNAP enrollment
- 13.9%Transit barriers
- 12.9%No health insurance
- 21.9%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hamlet
58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Providence County average of 43.2%. It sits 2.2 points above the Providence County average of 5.7.
Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.3/10.
SNAP participation runs 27.7% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 29.0% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 121 filings here across 2 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2015, when 10.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Woonsocket. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 44007018300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44007018300?
Census tract 44007018300 in the Hamlet neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (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 44007018300?
Median gross rent is $1,177/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44007018300?
20.4% of residents in tract 44007018300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,473.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44007018300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 88th, minority 66th, housing 45th.
Q5
Is tract 44007018300 considered part of Hamlet?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44007018300 fall within Hamlet (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44007018300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 121 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44007018300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.73% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 44007018300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.72× 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 44007018300 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.1% 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. 14.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 44007018300 compare to Woonsocket overall?
Tract 44007018300 scores 7.9/10, higher than the parent city of Woonsocket at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Woonsocket eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q10
Was tract 44007018300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Woonsocket
Top eight tracts in Woonsocket ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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