Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Fox Hall Eviction Risk: Lower , Dover
Tract 10001040700 · Kent County, DE · pop 5,417 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 10001040700 covers part of the Fox Hall area of Dover, DE, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,417 residents. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,251
Renter share37.5%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$84,517
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dover and the region
Centroid at 39.1746, -75.5639 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fox Hall scores 3.8
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
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,118 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Fox Hall compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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)
- 799Total filings over 9 yrs
- 14.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.0%Peak (2013)
- 30Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 66% 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.
- 11.9%Housing insecurity
- 7.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.4%Food insecurity
- 11.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 15.4%Frequent mental distress
- 34.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fox Hall
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Against Kent County at 44.8%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. At $1,118 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Dover commands. Court records carry 799 eviction filings across 9 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 24.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 14.8% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.4/10.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $84,517, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Kent County average of 4.0 closely.
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 10001040700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001040700?
Census tract 10001040700 in the Fox Hall neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 10001040700?
Median gross rent is $1,118/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001040700?
12.5% of residents in tract 10001040700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,417.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001040700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 97th, minority 69th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 10001040700 considered part of Fox Hall?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10001040700 fall within Fox Hall (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001040700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 799 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001040700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.82% of renter households, peaking at 24.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10001040700 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.9% 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. 7.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10001040700 compare to Dover overall?
Tract 10001040700 scores 3.8/10, right in line with 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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