Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Delmar Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10005051900 · Sussex County, DE · pop 4,583 · 30% of tract blocks fall in Delmar
Delmar anchors census tract 10005051900, which lands at 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 58% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $899 monthly, set against $57,734 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,717
Renter share21.8%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$57,734
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Delmar and the region
Centroid at 38.4886, -75.6259 · click any tract to drill in
Why Delmar scores 4.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Delmar
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$899 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Delmar
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Delmar
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Delmar
5.6
How Delmar compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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)
- 366Total filings over 6 yrs
- 12.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.4%Peak (2013)
- 43Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 39% 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.
- 10.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.4%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 9.1%No health insurance
- 15.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Delmar
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.3/10. 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 Delmar 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 10.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 57th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005051900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005051900?
Census tract 10005051900 in Delmar scores 4.4/10 (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 10005051900?
Median gross rent is $899/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005051900?
9.7% of residents in tract 10005051900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,583.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005051900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 46th, minority 39th, housing 73th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005051900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 366 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005051900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.42% of renter households, peaking at 18.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005051900 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.4% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005051900 compare to Delmar overall?
Tract 10005051900 scores 4.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Delmar at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Delmar eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Delmar
Top eight tracts in Delmar ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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