Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Hartly Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10001041900 · Kent County, DE · pop 5,119 · 6% of tract blocks fall in Hartly
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 10001041900 (Hartly, Delaware) comes in at 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,232 monthly, set against $71,013 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,015
Renter share20.8%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$71,013
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
48
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hartly and the region
Centroid at 39.1440, -75.7049 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hartly scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hartly
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,232 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hartly
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hartly
2.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hartly
2.6
How Hartly compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 61%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)
- 414Total filings over 9 yrs
- 13.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.1%Peak (2012)
- 35Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% 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.
- 13.2%Housing insecurity
- 7.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.1%Food insecurity
- 14.3%SNAP enrollment
- 8.6%Transit barriers
- 11.4%No health insurance
- 19.7%Frequent mental distress
- 39.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hartly
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 3.3/10. 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 Hartly, 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 in line with 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 64th 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 414 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 14.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 22.1% of renter households in 2012.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10001041900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001041900?
Census tract 10001041900 in Hartly scores 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 10001041900?
Median gross rent is $1,232/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001041900?
8.0% of residents in tract 10001041900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,119.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001041900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 40th, minority 29th, housing 61th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001041900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 414 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001041900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.99% of renter households, peaking at 22.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10001041900 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.2% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10001041900 compare to Hartly overall?
Tract 10001041900 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Hartly at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hartly; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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