2 census tracts · pop 6,200 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10
· range 3.1–3.5
Ardens Historic District takes in 2 census tracts of Arden, DE, population 6,200. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.3/10, Lower tier. Cost burden runs roughly one in two against 34.2% citywide, putting Ardens Historic District 13.7% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 32%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1.2/10. Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 2/10.
Court records carry 478 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. Food insecurity affects 7.5% of adults, 10.3 points below the national rate.
SNAP participation is 5.8% of households versus 15.2% nationally. At $1,262 a month, rents sit 12% over what the rest of Arden commands.
The worst year on record was 2015, when filings touched 37.4% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 16.5% in 2018, is well off that peak. Only 12% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Rent takes 14% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
With little internal variation, 3.3/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Ardens Historic District vs ArdenHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority32%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport16%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Ardens Historic District
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
478Total filings (sum)
15.27%Avg annual filing rate
37.4%Peak year (2015)
17.81%Latest filed (2018)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
321Total filings 2020-21
2.2Avg monthly observed
2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
1.23×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Ardens Historic District
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
6.8%Housing insecurity
4.4%Utility shutoff threat
7.6%Food insecurity
5.8%SNAP enrollment
5.3%No health insurance
26.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Ardens Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Ardens Historic District?
Ardens Historic District scores 3.3/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Ardens Historic District compare to Arden overall?
Ardens Historic District scores 0.7 points lower than Arden overall (4/10). Renters spend 48% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,262 vs $1,125.
Q3
What is the average rent in Ardens Historic District?
Average gross rent in Ardens Historic District is $1,262/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Ardens Historic District residents are renters?
12% of Ardens Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 24% in Arden). The neighborhood has 6,200 residents.
Q5
Is Ardens Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Ardens Historic District sits in the 14th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Ardens Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Ardens Historic District is census tract 10003011204 (score 3.5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.1 to 3.5, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Ardens Historic District for landlords?
Ardens Historic District carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Arden as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Ardens Historic District?
Ardens Historic District has 5,992 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81%), Black (non-Hispanic) (5.7%), Other / Multiracial (5.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
