Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Laurel Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 10005051802 · Sussex County, DE · pop 4,393 · 68% of tract blocks fall in Laurel
Tract 10005051802 sits in Laurel eviction risk, DE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.4/10. Against the Sussex County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 3.4 points.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,545
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate21.8%
Median income$62,358
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Laurel and the region
Centroid at 38.5386, -75.5707 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laurel scores 7.4
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
21.8% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$978 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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)
- 1,197Total filings over 6 yrs
- 29.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 35.9%Peak (2013)
- 223Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 43% 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.
- 16.9%Housing insecurity
- 11.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.2%Food insecurity
- 20.3%SNAP enrollment
- 11.3%Transit barriers
- 12.8%No health insurance
- 18.2%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Laurel
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,197 filings here across 6 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 35.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 29.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the DE average is 4.1, so this tract runs 3.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 44% of renters. Average gross rent is $978, close to the Laurel average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005051802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005051802?
Census tract 10005051802 in Laurel scores 7.4/10 (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 10005051802?
Median gross rent is $978/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005051802?
21.8% of residents in tract 10005051802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,393.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005051802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 99th, minority 63th, housing 63th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005051802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,197 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005051802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.21% of renter households, peaking at 35.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005051802 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.9% 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. 11.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005051802 compare to Laurel overall?
Tract 10005051802 scores 7.4/10, higher than the parent city of Laurel at 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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