Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Hilltop Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wilmington
Tract 10003002300 · New Castle County, DE · pop 2,153 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
10003002300 is a census tract in the Hilltop area of Wilmington, DE. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,092
Renter share70.2%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate25.1%
Median income$41,351
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 39.7473, -75.5697 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hilltop 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
25.1% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,092 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Hilltop compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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)
- 1,485Total filings over 9 yrs
- 23.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.5%Peak (2014)
- 179Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 32% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 607Total filings 2020-21
- 7.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 13.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.61×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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Hilltop. 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.
- 27.6%Housing insecurity
- 18.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.8%Food insecurity
- 33.0%SNAP enrollment
- 17.6%Transit barriers
- 18.4%No health insurance
- 20.1%Frequent mental distress
- 38.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hilltop
The severe-burden share is 27%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.1/10.
Food insecurity runs 34.8% against 17.8% nationally. 70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
It sits 1.6 points above the New Castle County average of 4.2. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The filing record is not thin: 1,485 evictions over 9 years of observation. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 3/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 18.4% against 11.3% nationally. At $1,092 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Wilmington commands.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 26.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 23.3% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003002300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003002300?
Census tract 10003002300 in the Hilltop 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 10003002300?
Median gross rent is $1,092/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003002300?
25.1% of residents in tract 10003002300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,153.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003002300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 97th, minority 93th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 10003002300 considered part of Hilltop?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003002300 fall within Hilltop (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003002300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,485 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003002300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.35% of renter households, peaking at 26.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 10003002300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× 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 10003002300 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.6% 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. 18.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 10003002300 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 10003002300 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.
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