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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,481 of 84,120 nationally

Chaplecroft Eviction Risk: Lower , Camden

Tract 10001041701 · Kent County, DE · pop 6,076 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

With a score of $1/10, tract 10001041701 in the Chaplecroft area of Camden ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 6,076 residents. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,380 a month against an average household income of $66,703 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 24% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 13% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,564
Renter share23.7%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate7.0%
Median income$66,703

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Chaplecroft
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Camden
Very Low
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 41 tracts In Kent County
Very Low
Within state
38 th percentile
Rank, 38th percentileLowHigh
#160 of 259 tracts In Delaware
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Camden and the region

Centroid at 39.1057, -75.5557 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chaplecroft scores 2.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Camden
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
7.0% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,380 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Camden
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Camden
4.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Camden
6.2

How Chaplecroft compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chaplecroft risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.72.7This tracttract 041701Camden: 4.14.1Camdenparent cityCounty: 3.73.7Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 63

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)

  • 339Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 6.85%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.0%Peak (2010)
  • 40Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 100010417012010: 45 filings (9.02/100 renter HHs)2011: 36 filings (6.29/100 renter HHs)2012: 37 filings (6.47/100 renter HHs)2013: 43 filings (7.52/100 renter HHs)2014: 40 filings (6.99/100 renter HHs)2015: 42 filings (7.34/100 renter HHs)2016: 31 filings (5.82/100 renter HHs)2017: 25 filings (4.69/100 renter HHs)2018: 40 filings (7.50/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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 Chaplecroft

The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.7/10. 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 Camden 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 above the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 63rd 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.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 10001041701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001041701?

Census tract 10001041701 in the Chaplecroft neighborhood scores 2.7/10 (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 10001041701?

Median gross rent is $1,380/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 10001041701?

7.0% of residents in tract 10001041701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,076.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 10001041701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 86th, minority 62th, housing 40th.
Q5

Is tract 10001041701 considered part of Chaplecroft?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10001041701 fall within Chaplecroft (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001041701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 339 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001041701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.85% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 10001041701 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.3% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 10001041701 compare to Camden overall?

Tract 10001041701 scores 2.7/10, lower than the parent city of Camden at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Camden eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Camden

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

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