Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Kenton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10001040100 · Kent County, DE · pop 7,343 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Kenton
10001040100 is a census tract in Kenton, DE. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. Against Kent County at 44.8%, 18% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units2,584
Renter share14.3%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$75,409
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kenton and the region
Centroid at 39.2373, -75.6947 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kenton scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kenton
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,266 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kenton
2.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kenton
3.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kenton
3.4
How Kenton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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)
- 216Total filings over 9 yrs
- 6.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.9%Peak (2013)
- 20Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 13.0%SNAP enrollment
- 7.8%Transit barriers
- 9.0%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 35.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kenton
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.1/10.
Court records carry 216 eviction filings across 9 observed years. On the softer side, economic stress reads 3/10.
Average gross rent is $1,266, 13% below the Kenton average. Filings peaked in 2013 at 10.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 14% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Kent County average of 4.0 closely.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $75,409.
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 10001040100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001040100?
Census tract 10001040100 in Kenton scores 4.2/10 (Moderate 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 10001040100?
Median gross rent is $1,266/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001040100?
11.9% of residents in tract 10001040100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,343.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001040100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 60th, minority 31th, housing 25th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001040100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 216 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001040100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.82% of renter households, peaking at 10.9% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10001040100 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10001040100 compare to Kenton overall?
Tract 10001040100 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Kenton at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kenton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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