Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Georgetown Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10005050501 · Sussex County, DE · pop 4,447 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Georgetown
Tract 10005050501 sits in Georgetown eviction risk, DE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It is home to 4,447 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,512
Renter share26.8%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$82,935
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Georgetown and the region
Centroid at 38.6930, -75.4367 · click any tract to drill in
Why Georgetown scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Georgetown
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,128 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Georgetown
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Georgetown
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Georgetown
7.9
How Georgetown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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)
- 32Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2014)
- 4Filings 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.
- 12.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.2%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Georgetown
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10.
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $1,128, 20% below the Georgetown average. Against the Sussex County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.
The filing record is not thin: 32 evictions over 6 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2014 at 3.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 1.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.6/10. Against average income of $82,935, annual rent is just 16%. Statewide the DE average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 39% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005050501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050501?
Census tract 10005050501 in Georgetown scores 5.2/10 (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 10005050501?
Median gross rent is $1,128/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050501?
9.1% of residents in tract 10005050501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,447.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 92th, minority 47th, housing 90th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005050501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005050501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.59% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005050501 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005050501 compare to Georgetown overall?
Tract 10005050501 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of Georgetown at 5.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Georgetown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Georgetown
Top eight tracts in Georgetown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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