Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Blades Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10005050403 · Sussex County, DE · pop 3,275 · 33% of tract blocks fall in Blades
Blades is where census tract 10005050403 sits, home to 3,275 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.9/10. That is riskier than about 36% of US census tracts.
About 25% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $840 a month against an average household income of $69,583 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 15% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,157
Renter share15.4%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$69,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Blades and the region
Centroid at 38.6152, -75.6169 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blades scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Blades
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$840 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blades
5.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blades
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blades
5.3
How Blades compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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)
- 263Total filings over 6 yrs
- 14.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.0%Peak (2011)
- 26Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 6 months.
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.
- 13.5%Housing insecurity
- 8.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.9%Food insecurity
- 13.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 32.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blades
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 5.4/10. 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 inherited from Blades eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Sussex County average of 5.5 and below the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 52nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 263 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 14.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 17.0% of renter households in 2011.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005050403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050403?
Census tract 10005050403 in Blades scores 3.4/10 (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 10005050403?
Median gross rent is $840/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050403?
8.8% of residents in tract 10005050403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,275.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 67th, minority 55th, housing 47th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005050403?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 263 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005050403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.71% of renter households, peaking at 17.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005050403 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.5% 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. 8.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005050403 compare to Blades overall?
Tract 10005050403 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Blades at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blades eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Blades
Top eight tracts in Blades ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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