Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Smyrna Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10003016901 · New Castle County, DE · pop 2,278 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Smyrna
Census tract 10003016901 covers part of Smyrna, DE, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units773
Renter share11.4%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$95,391
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smyrna and the region
Centroid at 39.3187, -75.6737 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smyrna scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Smyrna
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,597 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 223Total filings over 9 yrs
- 38.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 52.3%Peak (2010)
- 15Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 55Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.08×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Tampa, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 10.3%Housing insecurity
- 6.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.1%Food insecurity
- 11.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 8.4%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 33.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Smyrna
Cost burden runs 58% here against 44.1% across New Castle County. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 223 filings here across 9 tracked years. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.1/10.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 52.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 38.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 11% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.1/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the New Castle County average of 4.2 closely. Average gross rent is $1,597, close to the Smyrna average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003016901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003016901?
Census tract 10003016901 in Smyrna scores 4.2/10 (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 10003016901?
Median gross rent is $1,597/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003016901?
13.3% of residents in tract 10003016901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,278.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003016901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 12th, minority 3th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003016901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 223 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003016901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 38.22% of renter households, peaking at 52.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 10003016901 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.08× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10003016901 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.3% 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. 6.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10003016901 compare to Smyrna overall?
Tract 10003016901 scores 4.2/10, right in line with 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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