Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Dennison Ridge Eviction Risk: Lower , Pike Creek
Tract 10003013612 · New Castle County, DE · pop 5,541 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 10003013612 in the Dennison Ridge area of Pike Creek, DE reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,541 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.4/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,947
Renter share11.4%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate1.4%
Median income$146,477
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pike Creek and the region
Centroid at 39.7585, -75.6927 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dennison Ridge scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pike Creek
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
1.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,347 rent vs county FMR
8.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pike Creek
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pike Creek
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pike Creek
3.2
How Dennison Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 40Total filings over 9 yrs
- 2.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2011)
- 3Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 34Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.33×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
Within Dennison Ridge. 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.
- 5.8%Housing insecurity
- 3.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.7%Food insecurity
- 4.3%SNAP enrollment
- 4.1%Transit barriers
- 4.9%No health insurance
- 12.1%Frequent mental distress
- 22.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dennison Ridge
Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. The voucher gap is 30.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 8/10. It sits 1.2 points below the New Castle County average of 4.2. SNAP participation runs 4.3% against 15.2% nationally.
Court records carry 40 eviction filings across 9 observed years. Housing insecurity runs 5.8% against 14.2% nationally. Against New Castle County at 44.1%, 40% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Filings peaked in 2011 at 5.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 11% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003013612
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003013612?
Census tract 10003013612 in the Dennison Ridge neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 10003013612?
Median gross rent is $2,347/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003013612?
1.4% of residents in tract 10003013612 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,541.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003013612?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 31th, minority 58th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 10003013612 considered part of Dennison Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003013612 fall within Dennison Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003013612?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 40 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003013612 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.91% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 10003013612 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.33× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 10003013612 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.8% 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. 3.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9
How does tract 10003013612 compare to Pike Creek overall?
Tract 10003013612 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Pike Creek at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pike Creek eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pike Creek
Top eight tracts in Pike Creek ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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