Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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Lower Connecticut Ri — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Lower Connecticut Ri — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (2 to 10)Lower-middle (13 to 21)Middle (22 to 46)Upper-middle (46 to 57)Higher (58 to 93)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.

The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.

Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.

Median tract: 32nd percentile (among tracts in CT).
These tracts span the 2nd percentile to the 93rd percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median2 (5%) · 5,580 people
Above the median5 (11%) · 22,219 people
Near the median12 (27%) · 50,218 people
Below the median9 (20%) · 35,473 people
Well below the median16 (36%) · 62,332 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Housing Type & Transportation — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.

The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Well above the median — 2 tracts (80th–100th percentile)
Tract 5416.00 (pop. 1,454) — 93rd percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 5417.00 (pop. 4,126) — 81st percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Above the median — 5 tracts (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 6801.02 (pop. 3,945) — 76th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 5414.02 (pop. 5,691) — 68th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 5421.00 (pop. 3,999) — 68th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 5411.00 (pop. 2,337) — 63rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 6802.00 (pop. 6,247) — 61st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Near the median — 12 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 5412.00 (pop. 5,282) — 59th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 6201.00 (pop. 4,458) — 58th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 6102.00 (pop. 3,741) — 57th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 6001.00 (pop. 3,825) — 55th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 5415.00 (pop. 3,901) — 55th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 5901.01 (pop. 3,971) — 53rd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 5420.00 (pop. 4,492) — 52nd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 6101.00 (pop. 2,044) — 50th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 5413.02 (pop. 3,781) — 48th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5602.00 (pop. 3,478) — 47th percentile — Near the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5703.00 (pop. 6,078) — 46th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 6701.00 (pop. 5,167) — 46th percentile — Near the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Below the median — 9 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 6103.00 (pop. 4,400) — 39th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5501.00 (pop. 5,884) — 35th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 6601.04 (pop. 1,605) — 35th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5801.00 (pop. 4,243) — 30th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 5502.02 (pop. 2,866) — 28th percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5701.00 (pop. 5,004) — 28th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 6301.01 (pop. 4,111) — 26th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 5413.01 (pop. 1,952) — 22nd percentile — Below the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 6702.00 (pop. 5,408) — 21st percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Well below the median — 16 tracts (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 5951.02 (pop. 5,569) — 19th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5951.01 (pop. 3,400) — 18th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 6104.00 (pop. 3,192) — 18th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 6601.01 (pop. 3,261) — 17th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 6401.00 (pop. 6,240) — 16th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 6801.01 (pop. 2,911) — 16th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5502.01 (pop. 4,175) — 15th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 6501.00 (pop. 2,303) — 13th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5422.00 (pop. 1,570) — 10th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5901.02 (pop. 4,673) — 9th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5702.00 (pop. 3,252) — 9th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 6301.02 (pop. 2,683) — 8th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5414.01 (pop. 3,126) — 7th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5601.00 (pop. 5,956) — 6th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 6601.03 (pop. 2,813) — 4th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 5851.00 (pop. 7,208) — 2nd percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
1 tract unranked — no population or suppressed
These carry no percentile (zero-population or suppressed data, typically water and special-use tracts). They are excluded from the bands, median and range above, and are never shown as a low score.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against tracts in CT. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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