Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Cool Spring Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wilmington
Tract 10003001500 · New Castle County, DE · pop 2,393 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 10003001500 in the Cool Spring area of Wilmington, DE reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,393. Severe burden reaches 53%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,020
Renter share56.0%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate30.3%
Median income$58,611
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 39.7497, -75.5593 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cool Spring scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wilmington
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
30.3% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,220 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilmington
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilmington
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilmington
4.0
How Cool Spring compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 588Total filings over 9 yrs
- 11.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.2%Peak (2015)
- 62Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
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 (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Tampa, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 17.8%Housing insecurity
- 12.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.1%Food insecurity
- 21.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.1%Transit barriers
- 10.6%No health insurance
- 17.7%Frequent mental distress
- 34.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cool Spring
Against New Castle County at 44.1%, 61% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
The poverty rate is 30%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.8/10.
It sits 1.6 points above the New Castle County average of 4.2. On the high side, economic stress reads 7.6/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 588 filings here across 9 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2015 at 13.2% of renter households.
In a typical year about 11.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003001500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003001500?
Census tract 10003001500 in the Cool Spring neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 10003001500?
Median gross rent is $1,220/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003001500?
30.3% of residents in tract 10003001500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,393.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003001500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 94th, minority 81th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 10003001500 considered part of Cool Spring?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003001500 fall within Cool Spring (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003001500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 588 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003001500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.02% of renter households, peaking at 13.2% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 10003001500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.69× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 10003001500 struggle to pay rent?
About 17.8% 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. 12.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 10003001500 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 10003001500 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Wilmington at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilmington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wilmington
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5.8
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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