Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Smyrna Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003016901 · New Castle County, DE · pop 2,278 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Smyrna
For landlords sizing up Smyrna, census tract 10003016901 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.4/10. That is riskier than about 85% of US census tracts.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,597 a month against an average household income of $95,391 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
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
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Smyrna and the region
Centroid at 39.3187, -75.6737 · click any tract to drill in
Why Smyrna scores 2.9
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
What moves this score most is 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 above the New Castle 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.08x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, roughly back to the pre-pandemic baseline.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003016901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003016901?
Census tract 10003016901 in Smyrna scores 2.9/10 (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 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 2.9/10, 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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