Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Selbyville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10005051400 · Sussex County, DE · pop 3,500 · 53% of tract blocks fall in Selbyville
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 10005051400 (Selbyville, Delaware) comes in at 4.5/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 24% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 18% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 1% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $955 monthly, set against $80,476 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,440
Renter share23.6%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$80,476
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Selbyville and the region
Centroid at 38.4688, -75.2403 · click any tract to drill in
Why Selbyville scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Selbyville
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$955 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Selbyville
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Selbyville
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Selbyville
3.6
How Selbyville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 82%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%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)
- 134Total filings over 6 yrs
- 4.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2011)
- 13Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% 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.
- 11.5%Housing insecurity
- 7.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.6%Food insecurity
- 11.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.4%Transit barriers
- 12.7%No health insurance
- 14.7%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Selbyville
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 4.6/10. 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 Selbyville eviction risk, 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 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 134 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 4.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.6% of renter households in 2011.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005051400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005051400?
Census tract 10005051400 in Selbyville 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 average rent in tract 10005051400?
Median gross rent is $955/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005051400?
4.6% of residents in tract 10005051400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,500.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005051400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 82th, minority 42th, housing 35th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005051400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 134 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005051400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.37% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005051400 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.5% 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. 7.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005051400 compare to Selbyville overall?
Tract 10005051400 scores 2.3/10, lower than the parent city of Selbyville at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Selbyville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Selbyville
Top eight tracts in Selbyville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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