Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Shipley Heights Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003010900 · New Castle County, DE · pop 2,605 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
10003010900 is a census tract in the Shipley Heights area of New Castle County, DE. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,605 residents. 100% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the New Castle County average of 44.1%.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 99%
Tract context
Occupied units1,223
Renter share0.7%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$94,922
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Castle County and the region
Centroid at 39.7880, -75.5126 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shipley Heights scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Shipley Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 14%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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)
- 21Total filings over 9 yrs
- 3.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2012)
- 4Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 9Total filings 2020-21
- 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.67×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.
- 7.9%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.6%Food insecurity
- 8.2%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 5.9%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 29.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Shipley Heights
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.4/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.6/10. Court records carry 21 eviction filings across 9 observed years.
Food insecurity runs 9.6% against 17.8% nationally. On the high side, regional political climate reads 6.9/10. SNAP participation runs 8.2% against 15.2% nationally.
It sits 0.7 points below the New Castle County average of 4.2. The worst year on record was 2012, when 4.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 1% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.6/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003010900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003010900?
Census tract 10003010900 in the Shipley Heights neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 10003010900?
6.3% of residents in tract 10003010900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,605.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003010900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 14th, minority 23th, housing 15th.
Q4
Is tract 10003010900 considered part of Shipley Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003010900 fall within Shipley Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003010900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003010900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.01% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 10003010900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10003010900 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.9% 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. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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