Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Indian Cove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10005051310 · Sussex County, DE · pop 2,039 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
How risky is the Indian Cove area of Sussex for landlords? Census tract 10005051310 scores 4.9/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 36% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $111,161 a year. Renters make up 2% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,065
Renter share2.1%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$111,161
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sussex County and the region
Centroid at 38.4875, -75.1227 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indian Cove scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Indian Cove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%Housing & transportation
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.
- 4.3%Housing insecurity
- 2.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.7%Food insecurity
- 4.2%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 4.8%No health insurance
- 10.2%Frequent mental distress
- 27.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indian Cove
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Delaware eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Sussex County average of 5.5 and below the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 5th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 4.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 2.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005051310
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005051310?
Census tract 10005051310 in the Indian Cove neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 10005051310?
2.6% of residents in tract 10005051310 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,039.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005051310?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 10th, minority 21th, housing 12th.
Q4
Is tract 10005051310 considered part of Indian Cove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10005051310 fall within Indian Cove (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 10005051310 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.3% 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. 2.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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