Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Hockessin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003013501 · New Castle County, DE · pop 6,952 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Hockessin
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 10003013501 (Hockessin in New Castle County, Delaware) comes in at 6.3/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 83rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 53% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $3,501 a month against an average household income of $148,786 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,626
Renter share9.7%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate1.7%
Median income$148,786
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hockessin and the region
Centroid at 39.7817, -75.6583 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hockessin scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hockessin
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
1.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$3,501 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hockessin
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hockessin
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hockessin
4.4
How Hockessin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 57Total filings over 9 yrs
- 1.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.2%Peak (2010)
- 7Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 36% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 15Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.34×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.
- 4.7%Housing insecurity
- 3.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.4%Food insecurity
- 3.7%SNAP enrollment
- 3.6%Transit barriers
- 4.5%No health insurance
- 10.9%Frequent mental distress
- 26.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hockessin
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Hockessin 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 57 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.2% of renter households in 2010.
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 10003013501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003013501?
Census tract 10003013501 in Hockessin scores 1.1/10 (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 10003013501?
Median gross rent is $3,501/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003013501?
1.7% of residents in tract 10003013501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,952.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003013501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 43th, minority 25th, housing 46th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003013501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003013501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.81% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 10003013501 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.34× 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 10003013501 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.7% 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. 3.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10003013501 compare to Hockessin overall?
Tract 10003013501 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Hockessin at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hockessin eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hockessin
Top eight tracts in Hockessin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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