Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Georgetown Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10005050506 · Sussex County, DE · pop 3,331 · 39% of tract blocks fall in Georgetown
Tract 10005050506, home to 3,331 residents in Georgetown in Sussex County, scores 6.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #14,081 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,094 a month while the average household earns $74,141 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,239
Renter share19.8%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$74,141
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Georgetown and the region
Centroid at 38.6732, -75.3370 · click any tract to drill in
Why Georgetown scores 4.4
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
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,094 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
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.
- 11.7%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.8%Food insecurity
- 11.1%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 13.1%No health insurance
- 15.2%Frequent mental distress
- 30.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Georgetown
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Georgetown eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Sussex County average of 5.5 and above the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 63rd 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005050506
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050506?
Census tract 10005050506 in Georgetown 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 10005050506?
Median gross rent is $1,094/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050506?
8.3% of residents in tract 10005050506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,331.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050506?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 83th, minority 53th, housing 46th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 10005050506 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.7% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 10005050506 compare to Georgetown overall?
Tract 10005050506 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Georgetown at 4.1/10. 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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