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Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Bellefonte Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 10003010502 · New Castle County, DE · pop 6,168 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Bellefonte

Census tract 10003010502 covers part of Bellefonte, DE, and scores 4.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,168. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.4/10.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
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 parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Bellefonte
Moderate
Within county
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#56 of 144 tracts In New Castle County
Elevated
Within state
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#86 of 259 tracts In Delaware
Elevated
National
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#42,813 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bellefonte and the region

Centroid at 39.7692, -75.4873 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bellefonte scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Bellefonte risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 0105024.0Bellefonteparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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)

  • 663Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 7.62%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.8%Peak (2012)
  • 59Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 10003010502
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
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bellefonte

28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. Against New Castle County at 44.1%, 50% of renters here are cost-burdened.

On the high side, local political climate reads 7.2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 663 filings here across 9 tracked years.

At $1,365 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Bellefonte commands. Filings peaked in 2012 at 10.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.6% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 49th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. It tracks the New Castle County average of 4.2 closely.

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 10003010502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003010502?

Census tract 10003010502 in Bellefonte scores 4.4/10 (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 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 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Bellefonte at 4/10. 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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