Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Pike Creek Valley Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003013604 · New Castle County, DE · pop 4,135 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Pike Creek Valley
Tract 10003013604 sits in Pike Creek Valley eviction risk, DE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,662
Renter share14.6%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$124,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pike Creek Valley and the region
Centroid at 39.7235, -75.6816 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pike Creek Valley scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pike Creek Valley
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,249 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pike Creek Valley
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pike Creek Valley
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pike Creek Valley
4.3
How Pike Creek Valley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 41%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)
- 549Total filings over 9 yrs
- 30.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 64.6%Peak (2011)
- 33Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 61% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 91Total filings 2020-21
- 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.25×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. 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.
- 6.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.8%Transit barriers
- 5.5%No health insurance
- 13.2%Frequent mental distress
- 25.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pike Creek Valley
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,249, 29% below the Pike Creek Valley average. Against New Castle County at 44.1%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.9/10. It sits 1.2 points below the New Castle County average of 4.2. Food insecurity runs 7.4% against 17.8% nationally.
SNAP participation runs 5.6% against 15.2% nationally. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 549 filings here across 9 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 64.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 31.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003013604
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003013604?
Census tract 10003013604 in Pike Creek Valley scores 3/10 (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 10003013604?
Median gross rent is $1,249/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003013604?
2.6% of residents in tract 10003013604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,135.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003013604?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 62th, minority 38th, housing 41th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003013604?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 549 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003013604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.95% of renter households, peaking at 64.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 10003013604 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.25× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10003013604 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.7% 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. 4.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10003013604 compare to Pike Creek Valley overall?
Tract 10003013604 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Pike Creek Valley at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pike Creek Valley eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pike Creek Valley
Top eight tracts in Pike Creek Valley ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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