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Neighborhood · Long Neck, DE

Fairfield at Long Neck Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 1,742 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Fairfield at Long Neck maps to a single census tract in Long Neck, DE and houses 1,742 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 3/10, in the Lower tier. Against a Long Neck baseline of 37.6%, 55% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

At $1,318 a month, rents sit 29% over what the rest of Long Neck commands. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 2/10. The severe-burden share is 18%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

CDC survey data puts housing insecurity at 6.1% of adults, against 14.2% nationally. Court records for this tract carry 357 eviction filings.

Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.9/10. SNAP participation is 6.4% of households versus 15.2% nationally.

Filing activity peaked in 2017 at 197.5% of renter households. Judgments average 13.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

At 10% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $77,292.

One tract means one number: 3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Fairfield at Long Neck vs Long Neck How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
55.0% +46%
Long Neck: 37.6%
Average gross rent
$1,318 +29%
Long Neck: $1,025
Average HH income
$77,292 +39%
Long Neck: $55,508
Poverty rate
7.9% +41%
Long Neck: 5.6%
Renter share
9.7% +22%
Long Neck: 7.9%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Fairfield at Long Neck and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3–3

Why Fairfield at Long Neck scores 3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.2–3.2 across tracts
3.2
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts
4.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.0–5.0 across tracts
5.0
Rent control risk
55% of income on rent · Range 5.6–5.6 across tracts
5.6
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.9–2.9 across tracts
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
10% renter households · Range 3.4–3.4 across tracts
3.4
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 4.5–4.5 across tracts
4.5
Economic stress
7.9% below poverty line · Range 2.0–2.0 across tracts
2.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.4–4.4 across tracts
4.4
Risk score comparison

Fairfield at Long Neck vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Fairfield at Long Neck score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0Fairfield at Long Neighborhood3.1Parent cityhost city4.2Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Fairfield at Long Neck

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
10005050706 3 1,742 55% $1,318
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 16

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 13%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 17%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 32%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 37%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Fairfield at Long Neck

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 357Total filings (sum)
  • 113.49%Avg annual filing rate
  • 197.5%Peak year (2017)
  • 197.50%Latest filed (2017)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted

Eviction-adjacent indicators in Fairfield at Long Neck

Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.

Frequently asked

About Fairfield at Long Neck

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Fairfield at Long Neck?

Fairfield at Long Neck scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2

How does Fairfield at Long Neck compare to Long Neck overall?

Fairfield at Long Neck scores 0.1 points lower than Long Neck overall (3.1/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 38% citywide. Average rent: $1,318 vs $1,025.
Q3

What is the average rent in Fairfield at Long Neck?

Average gross rent in Fairfield at Long Neck eviction risk is $1,318/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Fairfield at Long Neck residents are renters?

10% of Fairfield at Long Neck households are renter-occupied (vs 8% in Long Neck). The neighborhood has 1,742 residents.
Q5

Is Fairfield at Long Neck a high social-vulnerability area?

Fairfield at Long Neck sits in the 16th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Fairfield at Long Neck for landlords?

Fairfield at Long Neck eviction risk carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Long Neck as a whole (3.1/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Fairfield at Long Neck?

Fairfield at Long Neck has 1,618 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81.2%), Other / Multiracial (15.1%), Hispanic / Latino (1.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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