Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,660 of 84,120 nationally
Jamestowne Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003014907 · New Castle County, DE · pop 4,903 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 10003014907 belongs to the Jamestowne area of New Castle, Delaware. It is home to 4,903 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 66th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
52% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,499 monthly, set against $73,852 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units2,117
Renter share28.4%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate6.5%
Median income$73,852
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Castle County and the region
Centroid at 39.6533, -75.6615 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jamestowne scores 3.1
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
6.5% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,499 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 Jamestowne compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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)
- 564Total filings over 9 yrs
- 11.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.4%Peak (2015)
- 44Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 226Total filings 2020-21
- 2.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.79×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Tampa, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Jamestowne. 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.
- 16.3%Housing insecurity
- 10.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.7%Food insecurity
- 16.3%SNAP enrollment
- 10.1%Transit barriers
- 9.6%No health insurance
- 16.9%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jamestowne
The score leans hardest on 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 about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 16.3% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.79x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003014907
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003014907?
Census tract 10003014907 in the Jamestowne neighborhood scores 3.1/10 (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 10003014907?
Median gross rent is $1,499/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003014907?
6.5% of residents in tract 10003014907 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,903.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003014907?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 74th, minority 79th, housing 28th.
Q5
Is tract 10003014907 considered part of Jamestowne?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003014907 fall within Jamestowne (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003014907?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 564 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003014907 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.92% of renter households, peaking at 17.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 10003014907 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.79× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q8
What share of households in tract 10003014907 struggle to pay rent?
About 16.3% 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. 10.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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