1 census tracts · pop 848 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10
· range 3–3
Sea Colony is a one-tract neighborhood of Bethany Beach, DE and houses 848 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, in the Lower tier. 38% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Bethany Beach rate of 22.5%.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 1.6/10.
On the softer side is housing-court posture, at 1.9/10. SNAP participation is 3.2% of households versus 15.2% nationally. 2.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The filing record is not thin: 2 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2013 at 4.2% of renter households. Judgments average 2.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
At 2% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Sea Colony vs Bethany BeachHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority18%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport6%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Sea Colony
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2Total filings (sum)
0.00%Avg annual filing rate
4.2%Peak year (2013)
0.00%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Sea Colony
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
3.4%Housing insecurity
2.3%Utility shutoff threat
4.5%Food insecurity
3.2%SNAP enrollment
3.7%No health insurance
27.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Sea Colony
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Sea Colony?
Sea Colony scores 3/10 (Lower 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 Sea Colony compare to Bethany Beach overall?
Sea Colony scores 0.2 points lower than Bethany Beach overall (3.2/10). Renters spend 38% of income on rent vs 23% citywide.
Q3
What percentage of Sea Colony residents are renters?
2% of Sea Colony households are renter-occupied (vs 6% in Bethany Beach). The neighborhood has 848 residents.
Q4
Is Sea Colony a high social-vulnerability area?
Sea Colony sits in the 4th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q5
How safe is Sea Colony for landlords?
Sea Colony carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). 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 Bethany Beach as a whole (3.2/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q6
What is the demographic breakdown of Sea Colony?
Sea Colony has 679 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (94%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (2.2%), Other / Multiracial (2.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
