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Castlebar Eviction Risk: Lower , Bear

Tract 10003014903 · New Castle County, DE · pop 8,288 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 10003014903 runs through Castlebar in Bear. With 8,288 residents, it scores 6.4/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,631 a month against an average household income of $79,844 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 47% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 24% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,930
Renter share47.5%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$79,844

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Castlebar
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Bear
Very High
Within county
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#50 of 144 tracts In New Castle County
Elevated
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#91 of 259 tracts In Delaware
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bear and the region

Centroid at 39.6281, -75.6896 · click any tract to drill in

Why Castlebar scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bear
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,631 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bear
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bear
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bear
5.0

How Castlebar compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Castlebar risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.83.8This tracttract 014903Bear: 4.34.3Bearparent cityCounty: 3.43.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 89

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)

  • 2,452Total filings over 9 yrs
  • 40.14%Avg annual filing rate
  • 53.9%Peak (2015)
  • 251Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 100030149032010: 203 filings (34.18/100 renter HHs)2011: 309 filings (53.18/100 renter HHs)2012: 279 filings (48.02/100 renter HHs)2013: 284 filings (48.88/100 renter HHs)2014: 253 filings (43.55/100 renter HHs)2015: 313 filings (53.87/100 renter HHs)2016: 292 filings (28.66/100 renter HHs)2017: 268 filings (26.30/100 renter HHs)2018: 251 filings (24.63/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 24% over the past 9 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 866Total filings 2020-21
  • 11.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 21.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.52×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 18 filings (0.66× baseline)2020-02-01: 31 filings (1.20× baseline)2020-03-01: 2 filings (0.13× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 2 filings (0.07× baseline)2020-08-01: 4 filings (0.18× baseline)2020-09-01: 11 filings (0.59× baseline)2020-10-01: 1 filings (0.04× baseline)2020-11-01: 10 filings (0.43× baseline)2020-12-01: 9 filings (0.40× baseline)2021-01-01: 3 filings (0.11× baseline)2021-02-01: 2 filings (0.08× baseline)2021-03-01: 7 filings (0.44× baseline)2021-04-01: 3 filings (0.15× baseline)2021-05-01: 2 filings (0.08× baseline)2021-06-01: 2 filings (0.09× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 6 filings (0.27× baseline)2021-09-01: 1 filings (0.05× baseline)2021-10-01: 17 filings (0.65× baseline)2021-11-01: 7 filings (0.30× baseline)2021-12-01: 4 filings (0.18× baseline)2022-01-01: 6 filings (0.22× baseline)2022-02-01: 28 filings (1.11× baseline)2022-03-01: 26 filings (1.63× baseline)2022-04-01: 11 filings (0.56× baseline)2022-05-01: 6 filings (0.24× baseline)2022-06-01: 4 filings (0.19× baseline)2022-07-01: 17 filings (0.56× baseline)2022-08-01: 7 filings (0.31× baseline)2022-09-01: 9 filings (0.49× baseline)2022-10-01: 8 filings (0.31× baseline)2022-11-01: 9 filings (0.38× baseline)2022-12-01: 29 filings (1.27× baseline)2023-01-01: 20 filings (0.73× baseline)2023-02-01: 12 filings (0.48× baseline)2023-03-01: 20 filings (1.25× baseline)2023-04-01: 7 filings (0.36× baseline)2023-05-01: 35 filings (1.41× baseline)2023-06-01: 33 filings (1.55× baseline)2023-07-01: 19 filings (0.63× baseline)2023-08-01: 22 filings (0.98× baseline)2023-09-01: 10 filings (0.54× baseline)2023-10-01: 27 filings (1.04× baseline)2023-11-01: 36 filings (1.53× baseline)2023-12-01: 2 filings (0.09× baseline)2024-01-01: 11 filings (0.40× baseline)2024-02-01: 6 filings (0.23× baseline)2024-03-01: 4 filings (0.25× baseline)2024-04-01: 25 filings (1.28× baseline)2024-05-01: 24 filings (0.97× baseline)2024-06-01: 13 filings (0.61× baseline)2024-07-01: 10 filings (0.33× baseline)2024-08-01: 16 filings (0.71× baseline)2024-09-01: 15 filings (0.81× baseline)2024-10-01: 29 filings (1.12× baseline)2024-11-01: 4 filings (0.17× baseline)2024-12-01: 11 filings (0.48× baseline)2025-01-01: 4 filings (0.15× baseline)2025-02-01: 4 filings (0.16× baseline)2025-03-01: 20 filings (1.25× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (0.05× baseline)2025-05-01: 14 filings (0.57× baseline)2025-06-01: 11 filings (0.52× baseline)2025-07-01: 23 filings (0.76× baseline)2025-08-01: 10 filings (0.44× baseline)2025-09-01: 8 filings (0.43× baseline)2025-10-01: 14 filings (0.54× baseline)2025-11-01: 1 filings (0.04× baseline)2025-12-01: 11 filings (0.48× baseline)2026-01-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 3 filings (30.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 6 filings (60.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 20 filings (200.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Tampa, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Castlebar. 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Castlebar

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.5/10. 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 Bear 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 22.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,452 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 40.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 53.9% of renter households in 2015.

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 10003014903

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003014903?

Census tract 10003014903 in the Castlebar neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 10003014903?

Median gross rent is $1,631/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 10003014903?

15.5% of residents in tract 10003014903 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,288.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 10003014903?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 72th, minority 82th, housing 80th.
Q5

Is tract 10003014903 considered part of Castlebar?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003014903 fall within Castlebar (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003014903?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,452 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003014903 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 40.14% of renter households, peaking at 53.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 10003014903 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.52× 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 10003014903 struggle to pay rent?

About 22.7% 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. 14.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q9

How does tract 10003014903 compare to Bear overall?

Tract 10003014903 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Bear at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bear eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Bear

Top eight tracts in Bear ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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