Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Bowers Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10001043202 · Kent County, DE · pop 3,748 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Bowers
For landlords sizing up Bowers in Kent County, census tract 10001043202 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.5/10. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 41% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,106 a month while the average household earns $61,406 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,655
Renter share16.3%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$61,406
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bowers and the region
Centroid at 39.1456, -75.4324 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bowers scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bowers
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,106 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bowers
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bowers
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bowers
6.6
How Bowers compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 475Total filings over 9 yrs
- 10.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.1%Peak (2017)
- 54Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 42% 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.
- 12.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.9%Food insecurity
- 13.9%SNAP enrollment
- 8.1%Transit barriers
- 9.8%No health insurance
- 18.3%Frequent mental distress
- 37.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bowers
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Bowers, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 12.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 10001043202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001043202?
Census tract 10001043202 in Bowers scores 3.4/10 (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 10001043202?
Median gross rent is $1,106/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001043202?
15.0% of residents in tract 10001043202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,748.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001043202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 36th, minority 23th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001043202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 475 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001043202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.63% of renter households, peaking at 12.1% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10001043202 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.3% 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. 7.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10001043202 compare to Bowers overall?
Tract 10001043202 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Bowers at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bowers; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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