Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Upper East Side Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wilmington
Tract 10003000900 · New Castle County, DE · pop 2,397 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 5.8/10, tract 10003000900 in the Upper East Side area of Wilmington, DE reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units959
Renter share61.3%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate24.7%
Median income$41,078
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilmington and the region
Centroid at 39.7454, -75.5407 · click any tract to drill in
Why Upper East Side 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
24.7% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,052 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Upper East Side compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 1,653Total filings over 9 yrs
- 37.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 47.7%Peak (2012)
- 181Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 29% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 623Total filings 2020-21
- 8.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 15.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.54×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.
- 32.4%Housing insecurity
- 24.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 41.4%Food insecurity
- 43.6%SNAP enrollment
- 21.0%Transit barriers
- 14.6%No health insurance
- 22.0%Frequent mental distress
- 40.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Upper East Side
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Housing insecurity runs 32.4% against 14.2% nationally.
24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 24.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Against the New Castle County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.
The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 1,653 eviction filings across 9 observed years.
Average gross rent is $1,052, 14% below the Wilmington average. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 3/10. Filings peaked in 2012 at 47.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 37.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.8/10.
Statewide the DE average is 4.1, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003000900?
Census tract 10003000900 in the Upper East Side 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 10003000900?
Median gross rent is $1,052/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003000900?
24.7% of residents in tract 10003000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,397.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 95th, minority 97th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 10003000900 considered part of Upper East Side?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003000900 fall within Upper East Side (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,653 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 37.89% of renter households, peaking at 47.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 10003000900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.54× 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 10003000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 32.4% 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. 24.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 10003000900 compare to Wilmington overall?
Tract 10003000900 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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