Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Blades Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10005050408 · Sussex County, DE · pop 4,388 · 1% of tract blocks fall in Blades
Tract 10005050408, home to 4,388 residents in Blades, scores 5.5/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #35,297 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $967 a month against an average household income of $61,027 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,609
Renter share20.1%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$61,027
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Blades and the region
Centroid at 38.6345, -75.5268 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blades scores 4.1
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
15.8% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$967 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 892Total filings over 6 yrs
- 49.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 65.9%Peak (2015)
- 115Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% 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.
- 15.5%Housing insecurity
- 10.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.3%Food insecurity
- 19.8%SNAP enrollment
- 10.6%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 36.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blades
The heaviest input here 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 about the same as the Sussex County average of 5.5 and in line with the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 892 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 49.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 65.9% of renter households in 2015.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005050408
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050408?
Census tract 10005050408 in Blades scores 4.1/10 (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 10005050408?
Median gross rent is $967/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050408?
15.8% of residents in tract 10005050408 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,388.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050408?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 91th, minority 63th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005050408?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 892 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005050408 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 49.18% of renter households, peaking at 65.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005050408 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.5% 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. 10.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005050408 compare to Blades overall?
Tract 10005050408 scores 4.1/10, right in line with 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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