Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Brookside Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10003014703 · New Castle County, DE · pop 5,241 · 86% of tract blocks fall in Brookside
Tract 10003014703 sits in Brookside eviction risk, DE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units2,077
Renter share50.2%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$67,614
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brookside and the region
Centroid at 39.6692, -75.7275 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brookside scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brookside
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,505 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brookside
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brookside
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brookside
7.1
How Brookside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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)
- 1,178Total filings over 9 yrs
- 15.78%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.2%Peak (2010)
- 103Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 47% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 311Total filings 2020-21
- 4.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.45×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). 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.
- 13.8%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.2%Food insecurity
- 13.9%SNAP enrollment
- 9.3%Transit barriers
- 11.9%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 33.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brookside
The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10. 51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the New Castle County average of 44.1%.
It sits 1.1 points above the New Castle County average of 4.2. Running hot, local political climate reads 7.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 1,178 evictions over 9 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 25.2% of renter households. In a typical year about 15.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the DE average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,505, close to the Brookside average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $67,614.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003014703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003014703?
Census tract 10003014703 in Brookside scores 5.3/10 (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 10003014703?
Median gross rent is $1,505/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003014703?
11.4% of residents in tract 10003014703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,241.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003014703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 64th, minority 66th, housing 78th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003014703?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,178 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003014703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.78% of renter households, peaking at 25.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 10003014703 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10003014703 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.8% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10003014703 compare to Brookside overall?
Tract 10003014703 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Brookside at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brookside eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Brookside
Top eight tracts in Brookside ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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