1 census tracts · pop 8,349 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Whitehall maps to a single census tract in St. Georges, DE and houses 8,349 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3/10, placing it in the Lower tier. Against a St. Georges baseline of 21.6%, 39% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10. Average gross rent is $2,196, 28% above the St. Georges average of $1,718. The voucher gap is 21.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears.
Running cool is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.6/10. Well under the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.8/10. SNAP participation is 7.0% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity affects 9.4% of adults, 8.4 points below the national rate. Only 8% 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.
Rent takes 17% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Whitehall vs St. GeorgesHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority60%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport14%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Whitehall
Aggregated across 0 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
75Total filings 2020-21
1.0Avg monthly observed
0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
1.32×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Whitehall
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
9.3%Housing insecurity
5.8%Utility shutoff threat
9.4%Food insecurity
7.0%SNAP enrollment
5.8%No health insurance
21.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Whitehall
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Whitehall?
Whitehall scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Whitehall compare to St. Georges overall?
Whitehall scores 0.2 points lower than St. Georges overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 22% citywide. Average rent: $2,196 vs $1,718.
Q3
What is the average rent in Whitehall?
Average gross rent in Whitehall is $2,196/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Whitehall residents are renters?
8% of Whitehall households are renter-occupied (vs 4% in St. Georges). The neighborhood has 8,349 residents.
Q5
Is Whitehall a high social-vulnerability area?
Whitehall sits in the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Whitehall for landlords?
Whitehall carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to St. Georges as a whole (3.2/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Whitehall?
Whitehall has 9,519 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (50.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (27.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (12.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
