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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Rocky Brook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wakefield-Peace Dale

Tract 44009051201 · Washington County, RI · pop 5,157 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

44009051201 is a census tract in the Rocky Brook area of Wakefield-Peace Dale, RI. It scores 4/10 for landlords. 43% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 10% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,043
Renter share22.1%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$123,646

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Rocky Brook
Very Low
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Wakefield-Peace Dale
Low
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#16 of 29 tracts In Washington County
Moderate
Within state
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#173 of 247 tracts In Rhode Island
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wakefield-Peace Dale and the region

Centroid at 41.4518, -71.5084 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rocky Brook scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Wakefield-Peace Dale
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Rhode Island legislature & governorship
5.5
Economic stress
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,167 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wakefield-Peace Dale
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wakefield-Peace Dale
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wakefield-Peace Dale
4.7

How Rocky Brook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rocky Brook risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 0512014.5Wakefield-Peace Daparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county5.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 22

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

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)

  • 48Total filings over 2 yrs
  • 4.74%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.1%Peak (2015)
  • 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Rocky Brook. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rocky Brook

55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Washington County average of 40.2%. The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.4/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.4/10.

Food insecurity runs 9.0% against 17.8% nationally. Court records carry 48 eviction filings across 2 observed years. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10.

Filings peaked in 2015 at 7.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 22% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $123,646, annual rent is just 11%.

Statewide the RI average is 5.3, so this tract runs 1.3 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 44009051201

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44009051201?

Census tract 44009051201 in the Rocky Brook neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 44009051201?

Median gross rent is $1,167/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 44009051201?

9.4% of residents in tract 44009051201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,157.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 44009051201?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 23th, minority 24th, housing 33th.
Q5

Is tract 44009051201 considered part of Rocky Brook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44009051201 fall within Rocky Brook (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44009051201?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 48 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44009051201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.74% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 44009051201 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.8% 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. 5.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 44009051201 compare to Wakefield-Peace Dale overall?

Tract 44009051201 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Wakefield-Peace Dale at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wakefield-Peace Dale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wakefield-Peace Dale

Top eight tracts in Wakefield-Peace Dale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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