Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Harrington Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10001043000 · Kent County, DE · pop 5,602 · 62% of tract blocks fall in Harrington
Tract 10001043000 sits in Harrington eviction risk, DE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.1/10. Population here is 5,602. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units2,366
Renter share27.0%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$74,288
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harrington and the region
Centroid at 38.9212, -75.5780 · click any tract to drill in
Why Harrington scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Harrington
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,137 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harrington
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harrington
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harrington
6.1
How Harrington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 1,059Total filings over 9 yrs
- 14.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.0%Peak (2013)
- 131Filings 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.
- 12.6%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.1%Food insecurity
- 12.7%SNAP enrollment
- 8.0%Transit barriers
- 8.9%No health insurance
- 18.1%Frequent mental distress
- 34.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Harrington
21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Cost burden runs 53% here against 44.8% across Kent County.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10.
The filing record is not thin: 1,059 evictions over 9 years of observation. At $1,137 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Harrington commands. The worst year on record was 2013, when 17.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 14.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #47,371 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Kent County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10001043000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001043000?
Census tract 10001043000 in Harrington scores 4.1/10 (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 10001043000?
Median gross rent is $1,137/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001043000?
10.3% of residents in tract 10001043000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,602.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001043000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 76th, minority 46th, housing 62th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001043000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,059 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001043000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.18% of renter households, peaking at 17.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10001043000 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10001043000 compare to Harrington overall?
Tract 10001043000 scores 4.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Harrington at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harrington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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