Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Smyrna Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10001040201 · Kent County, DE · pop 5,132 · 42% of tract blocks fall in Smyrna
With a score of 3.2/10, tract 10001040201 in Smyrna, DE reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,132 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,913
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$85,956
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
35
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smyrna and the region
Centroid at 39.2908, -75.6375 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smyrna scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smyrna
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,402 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Smyrna
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Smyrna
5.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Smyrna
5.9
How Smyrna compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 960Total filings over 9 yrs
- 17.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.4%Peak (2014)
- 48Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 59% over the past 9 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
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.
- 13.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.5%Food insecurity
- 11.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 31.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smyrna
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.8/10. The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10. The filing record is not thin: 960 evictions over 9 years of observation. It sits 0.8 points below the Kent County average of 4.0.
41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Kent County average of 44.8%. Filings peaked in 2014 at 22.4% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,402, 9% below the Smyrna average. In a typical year about 17.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the DE average is 4.1, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $85,956. 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10001040201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001040201?
Census tract 10001040201 in Smyrna scores 3.2/10 (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 10001040201?
Median gross rent is $1,402/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001040201?
7.2% of residents in tract 10001040201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,132.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001040201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 46th, minority 58th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001040201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 960 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001040201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.13% of renter households, peaking at 22.4% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10001040201 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.0% 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. 7.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10001040201 compare to Smyrna overall?
Tract 10001040201 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Smyrna at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Smyrna eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Smyrna
Top eight tracts in Smyrna ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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