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Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

West Center City Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wilmington

Tract 10003002100 · New Castle County, DE · pop 1,335 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 10003002100 sits in the West Center City area of Wilmington eviction risk, DE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 40% Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units882
Renter share69.5%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate40.2%
Median income$35,074

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In West Center City
Moderate
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 25 tracts In Wilmington
Elevated
Within county
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 144 tracts In New Castle County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 259 tracts In Delaware
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wilmington and the region

Centroid at 39.7424, -75.5573 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Center City scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
40.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$576 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 West Center City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
West Center City risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.8This tracttract 0021004.4Wilmingtonparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1,114Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 19.64%Avg annual filing rate
  • 21.4%Peak (2016)
  • 89Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 10003002100
Filings dropped 22% over the past 9 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 507Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 9.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.69×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in West Center City

At $576 a month, rents run 53% under what the rest of Wilmington commands. Food insecurity runs 47.5% against 17.8% nationally. The poverty rate is 40%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.4/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.

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 filing record is not thin: 1,114 evictions over 9 years of observation.

Adults with no health insurance runs 18.5% against 11.3% nationally. The worst year on record was 2016, when 21.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 19.6% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 10003002100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003002100?

Census tract 10003002100 in the West Center City 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 10003002100?

Median gross rent is $576/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 10003002100?

40.2% of residents in tract 10003002100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,335.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 10003002100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 54th, minority 86th, housing 78th.
Q5

Is tract 10003002100 considered part of West Center City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003002100 fall within West Center City (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003002100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,114 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003002100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.64% of renter households, peaking at 21.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 10003002100 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 10003002100 struggle to pay rent?

About 34.6% 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. 27.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 10003002100 compare to Wilmington overall?

Tract 10003002100 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

Top eight tracts in Wilmington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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