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Hilltop Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wilmington

Tract 10003002200 · New Castle County, DE · pop 3,419 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 5.8/10, tract 10003002200 in the Hilltop area of Wilmington, DE reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,419. Cost burden runs 62% here against 44.1% across New Castle County.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 23% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units793
Renter share62.2%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate36.0%
Median income$46,103

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Hilltop
Very High
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 25 tracts In Wilmington
Low
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 144 tracts In New Castle County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 259 tracts In Delaware
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Wilmington and the region

Centroid at 39.7448, -75.5634 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hilltop scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
36.0% poverty · this tract
9.0
Supply constraint
$1,226 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Hilltop compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hilltop risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.8This tracttract 0022004.4Wilmingtonparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 1,177Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 25.61%Avg annual filing rate
  • 28.6%Peak (2014)
  • 133Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 10003002200
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 534Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 10.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.66×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Tampa, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hilltop. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hilltop

SNAP participation runs 51.3% against 15.2% nationally. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.

30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 36%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

On the high side, economic stress reads 9/10. Adults with no health insurance runs 26.4% against 11.3% nationally. It sits 1.6 points above the New Castle County average of 4.2.

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.8/10. Court records carry 1,177 eviction filings across 9 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2014, when 28.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 25.6% of renter households face a filing.

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 10003002200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003002200?

Census tract 10003002200 in the Hilltop 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 10003002200?

Median gross rent is $1,226/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 10003002200?

36.0% of residents in tract 10003002200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,419.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 10003002200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 100th, minority 93th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 10003002200 considered part of Hilltop?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003002200 fall within Hilltop (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003002200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,177 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003002200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.61% of renter households, peaking at 28.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 10003002200 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.66× 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 10003002200 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.8% 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. 27.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 10003002200 compare to Wilmington overall?

Tract 10003002200 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Wilmington

Top eight tracts in Wilmington ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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