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Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Browntown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Newport

Tract 10003012900 · New Castle County, DE · pop 4,692 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

10003012900 is a census tract in the Browntown area of Newport, DE. It scores 5.8/10 for landlords. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score
5.8
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 neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Browntown
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Newport
Very High
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 144 tracts In New Castle County
High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 259 tracts In Delaware
Very 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 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Browntown risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.8This tracttract 0129004.4Newportparent city4.2Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 2,239Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 29.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 36.4%Peak (2018)
  • 300Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 10003012900
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
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Browntown

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 9.4/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against the New Castle County average of 4.2, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.

14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Cost burden runs 39% here against 44.1% across New Castle County. Court records carry 2,239 eviction filings across 9 observed years. Food insecurity runs 25.2% against 17.8% nationally.

SNAP participation runs 22.5% against 15.2% nationally. At $1,059 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Newport commands. Filings peaked in 2018 at 36.4% of renter households.

In a typical year about 29.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 76th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 10003012900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003012900?

Census tract 10003012900 in the Browntown neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 5.8/10, 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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