Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Dupont Manor Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dover
Tract 10001040501 · Kent County, DE · pop 4,777 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 5/10, tract 10001040501 in the Dupont Manor area of Dover, DE reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,777. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,971
Renter share30.1%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$62,157
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dover and the region
Centroid at 39.1996, -75.5439 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dupont Manor scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dover
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,224 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dover
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dover
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dover
3.5
How Dupont Manor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 1,851Total filings over 9 yrs
- 36.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 49.2%Peak (2010)
- 126Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% over the past 9 months.
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.
- 18.1%Housing insecurity
- 11.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.3%Food insecurity
- 21.6%SNAP enrollment
- 11.4%Transit barriers
- 11.7%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dupont Manor
Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs 56% here against 44.8% across Kent County. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.
It sits 1.0 points above the Kent County average of 4.0. Court records carry 1,851 eviction filings across 9 observed years. Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 49.2% of renter households. At $1,224 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Dover commands. In a typical year about 37.0% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10001040501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001040501?
Census tract 10001040501 in the Dupont Manor neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 10001040501?
Median gross rent is $1,224/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001040501?
17.9% of residents in tract 10001040501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,777.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001040501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 94th, minority 65th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 10001040501 considered part of Dupont Manor?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10001040501 fall within Dupont Manor (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001040501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,851 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001040501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 36.96% of renter households, peaking at 49.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10001040501 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.1% 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. 11.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10001040501 compare to Dover overall?
Tract 10001040501 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Dover at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dover eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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5.4
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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/ 10 · Moderate
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