Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
Laurel Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 10005051801 · Sussex County, DE · pop 5,581 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Laurel
Census tract 10005051801 covers Laurel in Sussex County, home to 5,581 residents. For landlords it grades 6.9/10, an elevated reading. It lands near the 93rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
68% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $846 monthly, set against $45,674 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,363
Renter share40.4%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate26.2%
Median income$45,674
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Laurel and the region
Centroid at 38.5555, -75.6571 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laurel scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Laurel
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
26.2% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$846 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Laurel
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Laurel
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Laurel
9.0
How Laurel compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 845Total filings over 6 yrs
- 31.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 42.5%Peak (2013)
- 115Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% 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.
- 15.9%Housing insecurity
- 11.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.2%Food insecurity
- 21.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 13.2%No health insurance
- 18.5%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Laurel
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Laurel 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 845 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 31.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 42.5% of renter households in 2013.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 10005051801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005051801?
Census tract 10005051801 in Laurel scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 10005051801?
Median gross rent is $846/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005051801?
26.2% of residents in tract 10005051801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,581.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005051801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 95th, minority 53th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005051801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 845 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005051801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 31.56% of renter households, peaking at 42.5% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005051801 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.9% 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. 11.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005051801 compare to Laurel overall?
Tract 10005051801 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Laurel at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Laurel eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Laurel
Top eight tracts in Laurel ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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