Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 10003013000 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003013000 · New Castle County, DE · pop 1,947
Tract 10003013000 covers New Castle in Delaware. Home to 1,947 residents, it scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #41,596 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,711 monthly, set against $91,705 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 3% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units733
Renter share3.0%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$91,705
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Castle County and the region
Centroid at 39.7192, -75.6427 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 10003013000 scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,711 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 10003013000 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%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)
- 52Total filings over 9 yrs
- 5.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2010)
- 5Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 33Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.54×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
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.
- 10.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.2%Food insecurity
- 9.7%SNAP enrollment
- 7.1%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 16.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 10003013000
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Delaware eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the New Castle County average of 5.7 and in line with the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.54x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003013000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003013000?
Census tract 10003013000 in New Castle County scores 2.6/10 (Lower 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 10003013000?
Median gross rent is $1,711/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003013000?
2.9% of residents in tract 10003013000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,947.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003013000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 82th, minority 39th, housing 18th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003013000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 52 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003013000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.73% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 10003013000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.54× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10003013000 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.6% 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. 6.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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