Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Oak Grove Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dover
Tract 10001041000 · Kent County, DE · pop 7,176 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 10001041000 sits in the Oak Grove area of Dover eviction risk, DE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units2,941
Renter share61.1%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$60,947
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dover and the region
Centroid at 39.1589, -75.4717 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oak Grove scores 4.7
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
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,333 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Oak Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 74%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)
- 3,320Total filings over 9 yrs
- 25.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 30.1%Peak (2014)
- 339Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 31% 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.
- 20.4%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 24.8%Food insecurity
- 24.1%SNAP enrollment
- 13.1%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 20.5%Frequent mental distress
- 38.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oak Grove
Against Kent County at 44.8%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.5/10. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
SNAP participation runs 24.1% against 15.2% nationally. Court records carry 3,320 eviction filings across 9 observed years. On the softer side, tenant-organizing strength reads 3/10.
Food insecurity runs 24.8% against 17.8% nationally. It sits 0.7 points above the Kent County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2014, when 30.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 25.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 9.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,333, close to the Dover average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10001041000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001041000?
Census tract 10001041000 in the Oak Grove neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 10001041000?
Median gross rent is $1,333/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001041000?
14.4% of residents in tract 10001041000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,176.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001041000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 95th, minority 74th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 10001041000 considered part of Oak Grove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10001041000 fall within Oak Grove (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001041000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,320 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001041000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.11% of renter households, peaking at 30.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10001041000 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.4% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10001041000 compare to Dover overall?
Tract 10001041000 scores 4.7/10, 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
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
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5.3
/ 10 · Moderate
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5
/ 10 · Moderate
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4
/ 10 · Moderate
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3.9
/ 10 · Low
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