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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

Fairview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dover

Tract 10001040900 · Kent County, DE · pop 2,334 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.7/10 for census tract 10001040900 reflects conditions in Fairview in Dover, Delaware. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 55% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,037 a month against an average household income of $39,981 a year, roughly 31% of income at the averages. Renters make up 73% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 40% Stable renters 33% Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units965
Renter share73.4%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate19.6%
Median income$39,981

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Fairview
Moderate
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 13 tracts In Dover
High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 41 tracts In Kent County
Very High
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 259 tracts In Delaware
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dover and the region

Centroid at 39.1687, -75.5256 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairview scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Dover
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
19.6% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$1,037 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dover
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dover
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dover
3.5

How Fairview compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairview risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 040900Dover: 4.54.5Doverparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 70

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 692Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 10.69%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.0%Peak (2016)
  • 73Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 100010409002010: 44 filings (5.68/100 renter HHs)2011: 66 filings (9.71/100 renter HHs)2012: 87 filings (12.79/100 renter HHs)2013: 71 filings (10.44/100 renter HHs)2014: 54 filings (7.94/100 renter HHs)2015: 105 filings (15.44/100 renter HHs)2016: 108 filings (13.95/100 renter HHs)2017: 84 filings (10.85/100 renter HHs)2018: 73 filings (9.43/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 66% over the past 9 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fairview

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 4.9/10. 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 inherited from Dover eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Kent County average of 5.7 and in line with the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 70th 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 15.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.7% 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 10001040900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001040900?

Census tract 10001040900 in the Fairview neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 10001040900?

Median gross rent is $1,037/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 10001040900?

19.6% of residents in tract 10001040900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,334.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 10001040900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 44th, minority 61th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 10001040900 considered part of Fairview?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10001040900 fall within Fairview (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001040900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 692 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001040900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.69% of renter households, peaking at 14.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 10001040900 struggle to pay rent?

About 15.5% 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. 10.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 10001040900 compare to Dover overall?

Tract 10001040900 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Dover at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dover eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dover

Top eight tracts in Dover ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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