Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Houston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10001042900 · Kent County, DE · pop 5,385 · 15% of tract blocks fall in Houston
Census tract 10001042900 sits in Houston, Delaware eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. That is riskier than about 36% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 9% of renter households, a modest level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,242 monthly, set against $71,146 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,879
Renter share17.7%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$71,146
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Houston and the region
Centroid at 38.9038, -75.5245 · click any tract to drill in
Why Houston scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Houston
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,242 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Houston
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Houston
3.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Houston
6.2
How Houston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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)
- 141Total filings over 9 yrs
- 7.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2013)
- 16Filings 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.
- 13.1%Housing insecurity
- 8.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.4%Food insecurity
- 15.6%SNAP enrollment
- 8.7%Transit barriers
- 10.2%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 39.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Houston
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 6.2/10. 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 Houston, 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 51st 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 13.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.4% 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 10001042900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001042900?
Census tract 10001042900 in Houston scores 4/10 (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 10001042900?
Median gross rent is $1,242/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 9% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001042900?
11.6% of residents in tract 10001042900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,385.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001042900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 52th, minority 26th, housing 43th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001042900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 141 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001042900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.66% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10001042900 struggle to pay rent?
About 13.1% 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. 8.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10001042900 compare to Houston overall?
Tract 10001042900 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Houston at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Houston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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