Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Rocky Brook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wakefield-Peace Dale
Tract 44009051202 · Washington County, RI · pop 4,733 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 44009051202 covers part of the Rocky Brook area of Wakefield-Peace Dale, RI, and scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,733 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.4/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,244
Renter share47.1%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$69,708
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wakefield-Peace Dale and the region
Centroid at 41.4469, -71.4867 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rocky Brook scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,264 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%Housing & transportation
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)
- 41Total filings over 2 yrs
- 2.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2016)
- 23Filings 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.2%Food insecurity
- 9.9%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 5.8%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 27.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rocky Brook
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, supply constraint reads 3/10. Against Washington County at 40.2%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened.
Court records carry 41 eviction filings across 2 observed years. Against the Washington County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Food insecurity runs 10.2% against 17.8% nationally.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10. Filings peaked in 2016 at 2.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most 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 44009051202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 44009051202?
Census tract 44009051202 in the Rocky Brook neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 44009051202?
Median gross rent is $1,264/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 44009051202?
5.7% of residents in tract 44009051202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,733.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 44009051202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 25th, minority 20th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 44009051202 considered part of Rocky Brook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 44009051202 fall within Rocky Brook (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 44009051202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 44009051202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.34% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 44009051202 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 44009051202 compare to Wakefield-Peace Dale overall?
Tract 44009051202 scores 5.1/10, higher 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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