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Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally

Sherwood Eviction Risk: Elevated , Dover

Tract 10001041400 · Kent County, DE · pop 3,626 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Sherwood in Dover anchors census tract 10001041400, which lands at 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 72nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 70% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,116 a month while the average household earns $46,549 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36% Stable renters 15% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,833
Renter share51.9%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate24.1%
Median income$46,549

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Sherwood
Moderate
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 13 tracts In Dover
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 41 tracts In Kent County
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#22 of 259 tracts In Delaware
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dover and the region

Centroid at 39.1474, -75.5436 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sherwood scores 6.1

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
24.1% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,116 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 Sherwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sherwood risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 041400Dover: 4.54.5Doverparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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)

  • 1,383Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 18.65%Avg annual filing rate
  • 26.4%Peak (2015)
  • 191Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 100010414002010: 154 filings (16.67/100 renter HHs)2011: 96 filings (12.14/100 renter HHs)2012: 112 filings (14.16/100 renter HHs)2013: 121 filings (15.30/100 renter HHs)2014: 149 filings (18.84/100 renter HHs)2015: 209 filings (26.42/100 renter HHs)2016: 185 filings (21.97/100 renter HHs)2017: 166 filings (19.71/100 renter HHs)2018: 191 filings (22.68/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 24% 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 Sherwood

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 21.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 89th 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 10001041400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001041400?

Census tract 10001041400 in the Sherwood neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 10001041400?

Median gross rent is $1,116/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 10001041400?

24.1% of residents in tract 10001041400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,626.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 10001041400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 83th, minority 81th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 10001041400 considered part of Sherwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10001041400 fall within Sherwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001041400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,383 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001041400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.65% of renter households, peaking at 26.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 10001041400 struggle to pay rent?

About 21.9% 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. 14.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 10001041400 compare to Dover overall?

Tract 10001041400 scores 6.1/10, higher than 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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