Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Moores Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate , Highland Acres
Tract 10001041600 · Kent County, DE · pop 2,345 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 10001041600 covers part of the Moores Lake area of Highland Acres, DE, and scores 4.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,345. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units872
Renter share28.9%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate22.5%
Median income$73,043
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Highland Acres and the region
Centroid at 39.1249, -75.5259 · click any tract to drill in
Why Moores Lake scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Highland Acres
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
22.5% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,454 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Highland Acres
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Highland Acres
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Highland Acres
3.8
How Moores Lake compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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)
- 208Total filings over 9 yrs
- 11.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.1%Peak (2014)
- 26Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 53% 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 8.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.6%Food insecurity
- 15.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 39.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Moores Lake
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The filing record is not thin: 208 evictions over 9 years of observation.
It sits 0.8 points above the Kent County average of 4.0. Filings peaked in 2014 at 15.1% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,454, 8% below the Highland Acres average. In a typical year about 11.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
48% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 10001041600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001041600?
Census tract 10001041600 in the Moores Lake neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 10001041600?
Median gross rent is $1,454/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001041600?
22.5% of residents in tract 10001041600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,345.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001041600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 75th, minority 55th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 10001041600 considered part of Moores Lake?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10001041600 fall within Moores Lake (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001041600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 208 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001041600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.72% of renter households, peaking at 15.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10001041600 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 8.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10001041600 compare to Highland Acres overall?
Tract 10001041600 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Highland Acres at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Highland Acres eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Highland Acres
Top eight tracts in Highland Acres ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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