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Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Fox Hall Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dover

Tract 10001040700 · Kent County, DE · pop 5,417 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

The Fox Hall neighborhood of Dover is where census tract 10001040700 sits, home to 5,417 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.5/10. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,118 a month against an average household income of $84,517 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 37% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
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 neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fox Hall
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#9 of 13 tracts In Dover
Low
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#10 of 41 tracts In Kent County
High
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#58 of 259 tracts In Delaware
High
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 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Fox Hall risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.54.5This tracttract 040700Dover: 4.54.5Doverparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

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)

  • 799Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 14.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 24.0%Peak (2013)
  • 30Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 100010407002010: 87 filings (13.94/100 renter HHs)2011: 129 filings (22.63/100 renter HHs)2012: 125 filings (21.93/100 renter HHs)2013: 137 filings (24.04/100 renter HHs)2014: 111 filings (19.47/100 renter HHs)2015: 76 filings (13.33/100 renter HHs)2016: 54 filings (7.28/100 renter HHs)2017: 50 filings (6.74/100 renter HHs)2018: 30 filings (4.04/100 renter HHs)
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fox Hall

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 3.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Dover eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kent County average of 5.7 and in line with the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 94th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

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 4.5/10 (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 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 4.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Dover at 4.5/10. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dover

Top eight tracts in Dover ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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