Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Riverside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Edgemoor
Tract 10003003002 · New Castle County, DE · pop 3,107 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 10003003002 sits in the Riverside area of Wilmington eviction risk, DE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. It is home to 3,107 residents. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units633
Renter share72.2%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate48.9%
Median income$35,662
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Edgemoor and the region
Centroid at 39.7463, -75.5265 · click any tract to drill in
Why Riverside scores 5.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Edgemoor
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
48.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$732 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Edgemoor
3.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
4.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Edgemoor
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Edgemoor
4.0
How Riverside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 1,117Total filings over 9 yrs
- 32.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 42.1%Peak (2012)
- 119Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 298Total filings 2020-21
- 3.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.48×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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Riverside. 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.
- 42.1%Housing insecurity
- 34.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 55.9%Food insecurity
- 60.9%SNAP enrollment
- 31.1%Transit barriers
- 24.1%No health insurance
- 25.6%Frequent mental distress
- 48.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Riverside
SNAP participation runs 60.9% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 49%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. At $732 a month, rents run 40% under what the rest of Wilmington commands.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.4/10. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against the New Castle County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points. Adults with no health insurance runs 24.1% against 11.3% nationally.
Cost burden runs 49% here against 44.1% across New Castle County. Court records carry 1,117 eviction filings across 9 observed years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 42.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 32.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003003002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003003002?
Census tract 10003003002 in the Riverside 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 10003003002?
Median gross rent is $732/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003003002?
48.9% of residents in tract 10003003002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,107.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003003002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 60th, minority 86th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 10003003002 considered part of Riverside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003003002 fall within Riverside (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003003002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,117 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003003002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 32.31% of renter households, peaking at 42.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 10003003002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× 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 10003003002 struggle to pay rent?
About 42.1% 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. 34.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 10003003002 compare to Edgemoor overall?
Tract 10003003002 scores 5.8/10, higher than the parent city of Edgemoor at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Edgemoor eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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