Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Newport Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10003012700 · New Castle County, DE · pop 4,274 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Newport
Tract 10003012700 sits in Newport eviction risk, DE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 4,274. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,915
Renter share26.9%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate12.4%
Median income$57,470
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newport and the region
Centroid at 39.7099, -75.6275 · click any tract to drill in
Why Newport scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Newport
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
12.4% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,075 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newport
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newport
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newport
5.0
How Newport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 905Total filings over 9 yrs
- 18.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.3%Peak (2013)
- 77Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 34% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 276Total filings 2020-21
- 3.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.52×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
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 17.3%Food insecurity
- 14.7%SNAP enrollment
- 9.2%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 17.0%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Newport
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.4/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Against the New Castle County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 905 filings here across 9 tracked years. Average gross rent is $1,075, 10% below the Newport average.
Filings peaked in 2013 at 22.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 18.4% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 7.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the DE average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003012700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003012700?
Census tract 10003012700 in Newport scores 5.5/10 (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 10003012700?
Median gross rent is $1,075/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003012700?
12.4% of residents in tract 10003012700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,274.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003012700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 92th, minority 46th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003012700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 905 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003012700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.39% of renter households, peaking at 22.3% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 10003012700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.52× 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 10003012700 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10003012700 compare to Newport overall?
Tract 10003012700 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Newport at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newport eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Newport
Top eight tracts in Newport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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