Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Longwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003011500 · New Castle County, DE · pop 3,086 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 10003011500 covers Longwood in New Castle in Delaware. Home to 3,086 residents, it scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 19% of US census tracts.
About 8% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,293 a month while the average household earns $111,897 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,336
Renter share11.6%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate1.4%
Median income$111,897
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Castle County and the region
Centroid at 39.8019, -75.5415 · click any tract to drill in
Why Longwood scores 2.2
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
1.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,293 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Longwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 6%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)
- 57Total filings over 9 yrs
- 4.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.7%Peak (2010)
- 9Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 32Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.69×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 Longwood. 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.
- 7.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.4%Food insecurity
- 6.3%SNAP enrollment
- 5.3%Transit barriers
- 6.3%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 26.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Longwood
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $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 set by Delaware eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the New Castle County average of 5.7 and below the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 57 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 4.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.7% of renter households in 2010.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.69x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003011500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003011500?
Census tract 10003011500 in the Longwood neighborhood scores 2.2/10 (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 10003011500?
Median gross rent is $1,293/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 8% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003011500?
1.4% of residents in tract 10003011500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,086.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003011500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 11th, minority 24th, housing 6th.
Q5
Is tract 10003011500 considered part of Longwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003011500 fall within Longwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003011500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 57 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003011500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.73% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 10003011500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.69× 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 10003011500 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.6% 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. 4.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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