Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
9th Ward Area Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wilmington
Tract 10003000300 · New Castle County, DE · pop 3,616 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 10003000300 covers part of the 9th Ward Area area of Wilmington, DE, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,616. 66% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,276
Renter share40.9%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate28.7%
Median income$57,969
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 39.7609, -75.5392 · click any tract to drill in
Why 9th Ward Area scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wilmington
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
28.7% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,412 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilmington
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilmington
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilmington
4.0
How 9th Ward Area compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 88%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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)
- 852Total filings over 9 yrs
- 19.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.5%Peak (2018)
- 110Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 327Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Tampa, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 24.8%Housing insecurity
- 18.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.3%Food insecurity
- 32.3%SNAP enrollment
- 16.2%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 37.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in 9th Ward Area
79% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the New Castle County average of 44.1%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.6 points above the New Castle County average of 4.2. Food insecurity runs 31.3% against 17.8% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 24.8% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, economic stress reads 7.2/10. At $1,412 a month, rents run 15% over what the rest of Wilmington commands.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 852 evictions over 9 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2018 at 21.5% of renter households.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003000300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003000300?
Census tract 10003000300 in the 9th Ward Area neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 10003000300?
Median gross rent is $1,412/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003000300?
28.7% of residents in tract 10003000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,616.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003000300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 38th, minority 88th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 10003000300 considered part of 9th Ward Area?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003000300 fall within 9th Ward Area (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003000300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 852 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003000300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.61% of renter households, peaking at 21.5% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 10003000300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 10003000300 struggle to pay rent?
About 24.8% 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. 18.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 10003000300 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 10003000300 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Wilmington at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilmington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Wilmington
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5.8
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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Hilltop
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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Greenhill
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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