Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Jamestowne Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003016306 · New Castle County, DE · pop 4,485 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Jamestowne in New Castle anchors census tract 10003016306, which lands at 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 58% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,723 monthly, set against $111,458 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,668
Renter share21.5%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$111,458
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Castle County and the region
Centroid at 39.6359, -75.6393 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jamestowne scores 2.5
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
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,723 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 80%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)
- 215Total filings 2020-21
- 2.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×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.
- 15.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 18.4%Food insecurity
- 15.5%SNAP enrollment
- 9.9%Transit barriers
- 10.1%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 30.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jamestowne
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 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 safer side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.70x 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 10003016306
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003016306?
Census tract 10003016306 in the Jamestowne neighborhood scores 2.5/10 (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 10003016306?
Median gross rent is $1,723/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003016306?
8.5% of residents in tract 10003016306 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,485.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003016306?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 18th, minority 74th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 10003016306 considered part of Jamestowne?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003016306 fall within Jamestowne (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 10003016306 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10003016306 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.6% 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. 10.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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