Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Liberty Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10005050701 · Sussex County, DE · pop 4,549 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Tract 10005050701 sits in the Liberty area of Sussex County, DE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. It is home to 4,549 residents. The severe-burden share is 41%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,921
Renter share18.2%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$80,306
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sussex County and the region
Centroid at 38.6349, -75.2534 · click any tract to drill in
Why Liberty scores 3.7
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
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,529 rent vs county FMR
5.9
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 Liberty compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 98Total filings over 6 yrs
- 6.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2016)
- 19Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 90% over the past 6 months.
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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.7%Food insecurity
- 10.5%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 9.2%No health insurance
- 13.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Liberty
Against Sussex County at 42.5%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.6/10.
The filing record is not thin: 98 evictions over 6 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2016 at 5.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.3% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Sussex County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent runs $1,529 a month.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005050701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050701?
Census tract 10005050701 in the Liberty neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 average rent in tract 10005050701?
Median gross rent is $1,529/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050701?
10.4% of residents in tract 10005050701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,549.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 77th, minority 45th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 10005050701 considered part of Liberty?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10005050701 fall within Liberty (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005050701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 98 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005050701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.28% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10005050701 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 6.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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