Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Delaware Avenue Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wilmington
Tract 10003001100 · New Castle County, DE · pop 3,415 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 10003001100 in the Delaware Avenue area of Wilmington, DE reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units2,411
Renter share68.5%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate19.1%
Median income$65,246
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 39.7560, -75.5578 · click any tract to drill in
Why Delaware Avenue scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wilmington
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
19.1% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,210 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilmington
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilmington
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilmington
4.0
How Delaware Avenue compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 508Total filings over 9 yrs
- 4.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2011)
- 55Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 237Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.79×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Tampa, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 7.7%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 6.4%No health insurance
- 14.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Delaware Avenue
This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.7/10. Against the New Castle County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.
Cost burden runs about half here against 44.1% across New Castle County. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Food insecurity runs 9.3% against 17.8% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 508 filings here across 9 tracked years. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 3/10.
SNAP participation runs 7.7% against 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2011, when 5.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.1% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003001100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003001100?
Census tract 10003001100 in the Delaware Avenue neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 10003001100?
Median gross rent is $1,210/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003001100?
19.1% of residents in tract 10003001100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,415.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003001100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 10th, minority 42th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 10003001100 considered part of Delaware Avenue?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003001100 fall within Delaware Avenue (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003001100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 508 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003001100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.09% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 10003001100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.79× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 10003001100 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 5.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 10003001100 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 10003001100 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Wilmington at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilmington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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