3 census tracts · pop 9,659 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.7/10
· range 3.9–5.3
Castle Hills takes in 3 census tracts of New Castle, DE and houses 9,659 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.7/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a New Castle baseline of 23.6%, 47% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
At $1,244 a month, rents sit 28% under what the rest of New Castle commands. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.9/10. The 3 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3.9 to 5.3, a 1.4-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
The severe-burden share is 15%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records carry 1,385 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 46.1% of renter households.
Among the 6 mapped neighborhoods of New Castle, it ranks #3 by risk, the middle third. Judgments average 4.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Only 19% 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. The closest comparables inside the same city are Duross Heights and Riveredge Park.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $68,596.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.7 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
3 tracts · population-weighted
Castle Hills vs New CastleHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority66%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport11%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Castle Hills
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,385Total filings (sum)
17.95%Avg annual filing rate
46.1%Peak year (2018)
18.11%Latest filed (2018)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
251Total filings 2020-21
1.0Avg monthly observed
1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.59×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Castle Hills
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
15.9%Housing insecurity
10.3%Utility shutoff threat
18.8%Food insecurity
16.4%SNAP enrollment
11.2%No health insurance
33.2%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Castle Hills
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Castle Hills?
Castle Hills scores 4.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 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 Castle Hills compare to New Castle overall?
Castle Hills scores 0.7 points higher than New Castle overall (4/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 24% citywide. Average rent: $1,244 vs $1,739.
Q3
What is the average rent in Castle Hills?
Average gross rent in Castle Hills is $1,244/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Castle Hills residents are renters?
19% of Castle Hills households are renter-occupied (vs 37% in New Castle). The neighborhood has 9,659 residents.
Q5
Is Castle Hills a high social-vulnerability area?
Castle Hills sits in the 50th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Castle Hills have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Castle Hills is census tract 10003016000 (score 5.3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.9 to 5.3, a spread of 1.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Castle Hills for landlords?
Castle Hills carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.7/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to New Castle as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Castle Hills?
Castle Hills has 9,546 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (43.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (31.9%), Hispanic / Latino (16.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
