Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 10003013100 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003013100 · New Castle County, DE · pop 2,296
Here is how census tract 10003013100, in New Castle eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 5.3/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 2,296. That is riskier than about 51% of US census tracts.
41% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,227 monthly, set against $89,712 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units880
Renter share20.8%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$89,712
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
34
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Castle County and the region
Centroid at 39.7263, -75.6453 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 10003013100 scores 2.6
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
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,227 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Tract 10003013100 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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)
- 303Total filings over 9 yrs
- 20.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 45.4%Peak (2011)
- 10Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 80% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 219Total filings 2020-21
- 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.55×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Tampa, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 11.6%Housing insecurity
- 6.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.7%Food insecurity
- 10.3%SNAP enrollment
- 7.6%Transit barriers
- 10.9%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 10003013100
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 in line with the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 1.55x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, above pre-pandemic levels.
In CDC survey modeling, about 11.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003013100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003013100?
Census tract 10003013100 in New Castle County scores 2.6/10 (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 10003013100?
Median gross rent is $1,227/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003013100?
2.5% of residents in tract 10003013100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,296.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003013100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 62th, minority 54th, housing 20th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003013100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 303 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003013100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.54% of renter households, peaking at 45.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 10003013100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.55× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10003013100 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.6% 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. 6.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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