Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Brandywine Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wilmington
Tract 10003000500 · New Castle County, DE · pop 3,605 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
10003000500 is a census tract in the Brandywine Village area of Wilmington, DE. It scores 5/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,357
Renter share55.3%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$77,054
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 39.7545, -75.5400 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brandywine Village scores 5
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
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,475 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Brandywine Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 94%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)
- 1,395Total filings over 9 yrs
- 31.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 38.9%Peak (2014)
- 169Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 638Total filings 2020-21
- 8.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 13.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.63×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.
- 21.6%Housing insecurity
- 14.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.3%Food insecurity
- 23.2%SNAP enrollment
- 13.0%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 17.9%Frequent mental distress
- 33.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brandywine Village
At $1,475 a month, rents run 21% over what the rest of Wilmington commands. 37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the New Castle County average of 44.1%.
The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 3/10. Court records carry 1,395 eviction filings across 9 observed years.
SNAP participation runs 23.2% against 15.2% nationally. It sits 0.8 points above the New Castle County average of 4.2.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 6.9/10. Filings peaked in 2014 at 38.9% of renter households.
Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.2% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. In a typical year about 31.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 61% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
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 10003000500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003000500?
Census tract 10003000500 in the Brandywine Village neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 10003000500?
Median gross rent is $1,475/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003000500?
12.3% of residents in tract 10003000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,605.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003000500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 21th, minority 94th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 10003000500 considered part of Brandywine Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003000500 fall within Brandywine Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003000500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,395 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 31.40% of renter households, peaking at 38.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 10003000500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.63× 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 10003000500 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.6% 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. 14.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 10003000500 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 10003000500 scores 5/10, 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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