1 census tracts · pop 3,616 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10
· range 5.8–5.8
9th Ward Area is a one-tract neighborhood of Wilmington, DE and houses 3,616 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.8/10, in the Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 66%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Cost burden runs 79% against 31.0% citywide, putting 9th Ward Area 47.9% over its own city. The poverty rate is 29%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. SNAP participation is 32.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally.
18.6% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 7.2/10.
On the softer side is supply constraint, at 2.8/10. Court records for this tract carry 852 eviction filings.
At $1,412 a month, rents sit 15% over what the rest of Wilmington commands. The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 21.5% of renter households.
Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 3/10. That places it #1 of 20 neighborhoods in Wilmington. Judgments average 7.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 5.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
9th Ward Area vs WilmingtonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority88%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport38%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in 9th Ward Area
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
852Total filings (sum)
19.61%Avg annual filing rate
21.5%Peak year (2018)
21.48%Latest filed (2018)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
327Total filings 2020-21
4.3Avg monthly observed
7.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.55×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL).
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in 9th Ward Area
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
24.8%Housing insecurity
18.6%Utility shutoff threat
31.3%Food insecurity
32.3%SNAP enrollment
10.9%No health insurance
37.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About 9th Ward Area
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for 9th Ward Area?
9th Ward Area scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 9th Ward Area compare to Wilmington overall?
9th Ward Area scores 1.4 points higher than Wilmington overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 79% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,412 vs $1,224.
Q3
What is the average rent in 9th Ward Area?
Average gross rent in 9th Ward Area is $1,412/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of 9th Ward Area residents are renters?
41% of 9th Ward Area households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Wilmington). The neighborhood has 3,616 residents.
Q5
Is 9th Ward Area a high social-vulnerability area?
9th Ward Area sits in the 69th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is 9th Ward Area for landlords?
9th Ward Area carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). 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 Wilmington as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of 9th Ward Area?
9th Ward Area has 3,498 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (71%), White (non-Hispanic) (13.3%), Hispanic / Latino (11.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
