Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Longwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003011700 · New Castle County, DE · pop 4,338 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
The Longwood neighborhood of New Castle anchors census tract 10003011700, which lands at 1.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,981 a month while the average household earns $238,750 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,873
Renter share5.0%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$238,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Castle County and the region
Centroid at 39.8018, -75.5592 · click any tract to drill in
Why Longwood scores 1.7
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
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,981 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 Longwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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)
- 24Total filings over 8 yrs
- 2.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2012)
- 4Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 10Total 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.
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.
- 3.6%Housing insecurity
- 2.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 3.8%Food insecurity
- 2.5%SNAP enrollment
- 2.9%Transit barriers
- 3.5%No health insurance
- 10.0%Frequent mental distress
- 22.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Longwood
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 about the same as the New Castle County average of 5.7 and in line with the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 24 eviction filings here over 8 tracked years, with about 2.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.9% of renter households in 2012.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.67x 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 10003011700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003011700?
Census tract 10003011700 in the Longwood neighborhood scores 1.7/10 (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 10003011700?
Median gross rent is $1,981/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003011700?
1.5% of residents in tract 10003011700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,338.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003011700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 59th, minority 27th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 10003011700 considered part of Longwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003011700 fall within Longwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003011700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 8 validated years in tract 10003011700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.01% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 10003011700 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.
Q8
What share of households in tract 10003011700 struggle to pay rent?
About 3.6% 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. 2.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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