Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Valley Brook Eviction Risk: Lower , Hockessin
Tract 10003013508 · New Castle County, DE · pop 6,063 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
How risky is the Valley Brook neighborhood of Hockessin for landlords? Census tract 10003013508 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 40th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
15% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,720 a month against an average household income of $193,036 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units2,119
Renter share5.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate0.4%
Median income$193,036
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hockessin and the region
Centroid at 39.7840, -75.7017 · click any tract to drill in
Why Valley Brook scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hockessin
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
0.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,720 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hockessin
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hockessin
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hockessin
4.4
How Valley Brook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 25Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.45×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.
- 5.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.2%Food insecurity
- 3.3%SNAP enrollment
- 3.7%Transit barriers
- 4.0%No health insurance
- 11.7%Frequent mental distress
- 20.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Valley Brook
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 Hockessin eviction risk, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.2% 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 10003013508
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003013508?
Census tract 10003013508 in the Valley Brook neighborhood scores 1.1/10 (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 10003013508?
Median gross rent is $1,720/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003013508?
0.4% of residents in tract 10003013508 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,063.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003013508?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 46th, minority 30th, housing 3th.
Q5
Is tract 10003013508 considered part of Valley Brook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003013508 fall within Valley Brook (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 10003013508 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10003013508 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.1% 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. 3.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10003013508 compare to Hockessin overall?
Tract 10003013508 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Hockessin at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hockessin eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hockessin
Top eight tracts in Hockessin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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