Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Kenton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10001040100 · Kent County, DE · pop 7,343 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Kenton
Tract 10001040100 covers Kenton in Kent County in Delaware. Home to 7,343 residents, it scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 30% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 18% of renter households, a modest level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,266 monthly, set against $75,409 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 14% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
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
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kenton and the region
Centroid at 39.2373, -75.6947 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kenton scores 2.9
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
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 3.8/10. 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 Kenton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Kent County average of 5.7 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 40th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% 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 10001040100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001040100?
Census tract 10001040100 in Kenton scores 2.9/10 (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 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 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Kenton at 4.4/10. 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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