Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 10003016308 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003016308 · New Castle County, DE · pop 4,169
How risky is New Castle for landlords? Census tract 10003016308 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 57% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,353 monthly, set against $68,684 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. About 63% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,610
Renter share62.5%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate16.1%
Median income$68,684
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
67
th percentile
Elevated
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across New Castle County and the region
Centroid at 39.6262, -75.6147 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 10003016308 scores 3.9
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
16.1% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,353 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Tract 10003016308 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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)
- 56Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 17.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.04×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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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.
- 18.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 21.0%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 9.4%No health insurance
- 17.3%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 10003016308
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 above the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
In CDC survey modeling, about 18.5% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 12.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
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 10003016308
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003016308?
Census tract 10003016308 in New Castle County scores 3.9/10 (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 10003016308?
Median gross rent is $1,353/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003016308?
16.1% of residents in tract 10003016308 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,169.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003016308?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 20th, minority 81th, housing 73th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 10003016308 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.04× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10003016308 struggle to pay rent?
About 18.5% 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. 12.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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