Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Browntown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newport
Tract 10003012900 · New Castle County, DE · pop 4,692 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 10003012900, home to 4,692 residents in the Browntown area of Newport, scores 6.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 81% of US census tracts.
About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,059 a month against an average household income of $61,211 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 51% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,775
Renter share51.3%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$61,211
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Newport and the region
Centroid at 39.7229, -75.5817 · click any tract to drill in
Why Browntown scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Newport
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,059 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Newport
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Newport
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Newport
5.0
How Browntown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 2,239Total filings over 9 yrs
- 29.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 36.4%Peak (2018)
- 300Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 44% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 1,046Total filings 2020-21
- 13.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 21.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.64×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.
- 20.3%Housing insecurity
- 13.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.2%Food insecurity
- 22.5%SNAP enrollment
- 12.9%Transit barriers
- 16.3%No health insurance
- 18.7%Frequent mental distress
- 35.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Browntown
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Newport 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 White and Black and ranks around the 78th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.1% 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 10003012900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003012900?
Census tract 10003012900 in the Browntown neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 10003012900?
Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003012900?
20.5% of residents in tract 10003012900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,692.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003012900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 93th, minority 69th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 10003012900 considered part of Browntown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003012900 fall within Browntown (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003012900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,239 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003012900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.05% of renter households, peaking at 36.4% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 10003012900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× 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 10003012900 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.3% 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. 13.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 10003012900 compare to Newport overall?
Tract 10003012900 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Newport at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Newport eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Newport
Top eight tracts in Newport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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