1 census tracts · pop 2,393 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10
· range 5.8–5.8
Cool Spring maps to a single census tract in Wilmington, DE and houses 2,393 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.8/10, in the Moderate tier. 53% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Against a Wilmington baseline of 31.0%, 61% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.8/10.
Running hot is economic stress at 7.6/10. Court records for this tract carry 588 eviction filings.
Filing activity peaked in 2015 at 13.2% of renter households. On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 3/10.
Recent filings have not receded much: 9.9% in 2018 against a 13.2% peak. That places it #1 of 20 neighborhoods in Wilmington.
The closest comparables inside the same city are 11th St. Bridge and West Hill. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
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
Cool Spring vs WilmingtonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority81%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport77%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cool Spring
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
588Total filings (sum)
11.02%Avg annual filing rate
13.2%Peak year (2015)
9.89%Latest filed (2018)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
297Total filings 2020-21
3.9Avg monthly observed
5.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.69×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 Cool Spring
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
17.8%Housing insecurity
12.9%Utility shutoff threat
22.1%Food insecurity
21.8%SNAP enrollment
10.6%No health insurance
34.7%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Cool Spring
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cool Spring?
Cool Spring 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 Cool Spring compare to Wilmington overall?
Cool Spring scores 1.4 points higher than Wilmington overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,220 vs $1,224.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cool Spring?
Average gross rent in Cool Spring is $1,220/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cool Spring residents are renters?
56% of Cool Spring households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Wilmington). The neighborhood has 2,393 residents.
Q5
Is Cool Spring a high social-vulnerability area?
Cool Spring sits in the 88th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Cool Spring for landlords?
Cool Spring 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 Cool Spring?
Cool Spring has 2,109 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (60.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (27.1%), Hispanic / Latino (7.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
