Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Smyrna Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10001040204 · Kent County, DE · pop 6,265 · 51% of tract blocks fall in Smyrna
Tract 10001040204 covers Smyrna in Kent County in Delaware. Home to 6,265 residents, it scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 47% of US census tracts.
21% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,274 a month while the average household earns $96,233 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 7% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,831
Renter share7.4%
SVI overall0.49
Poverty rate4.0%
Median income$96,233
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smyrna and the region
Centroid at 39.2845, -75.6213 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smyrna scores 2.2
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
4.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,274 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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: 49
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 33%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%Housing & transportation
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.
- 12.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.9%Food insecurity
- 10.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 8.1%No health insurance
- 17.1%Frequent mental distress
- 30.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smyrna
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.1/10. 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 Smyrna eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Kent County average of 5.7 and below the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 49th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10001040204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001040204?
Census tract 10001040204 in Smyrna scores 2.2/10 (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 10001040204?
Median gross rent is $1,274/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001040204?
4.0% of residents in tract 10001040204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,265.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001040204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 49th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 33th, household 56th, minority 64th, housing 58th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 10001040204 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.5% 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. 7.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 10001040204 compare to Smyrna overall?
Tract 10001040204 scores 2.2/10, 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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