Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Bellefonte Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003010502 · New Castle County, DE · pop 6,168 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Bellefonte
How risky is Bellefonte for landlords? Census tract 10003010502 scores 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #16,047 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,365 monthly, set against $85,528 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,605
Renter share31.4%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$85,528
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bellefonte and the region
Centroid at 39.7692, -75.4873 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bellefonte scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bellefonte
7.2
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
$1,365 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bellefonte
4.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bellefonte
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bellefonte
4.1
How Bellefonte compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 663Total filings over 9 yrs
- 7.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2012)
- 59Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 392Total filings 2020-21
- 5.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.06×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Tampa, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 9.9%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 11.3%Food insecurity
- 9.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.7%Transit barriers
- 6.6%No health insurance
- 15.1%Frequent mental distress
- 27.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bellefonte
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bellefonte eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the New Castle County average of 5.7 and above the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003010502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003010502?
Census tract 10003010502 in Bellefonte scores 2.8/10 (Lower 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 10003010502?
Median gross rent is $1,365/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003010502?
12.3% of residents in tract 10003010502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,168.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003010502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 51th, minority 45th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003010502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 663 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003010502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.62% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 10003010502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.06× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10003010502 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.9% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10003010502 compare to Bellefonte overall?
Tract 10003010502 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Bellefonte at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bellefonte eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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