Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Port Penn Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10003016608 · New Castle County, DE · pop 7,177 · 8% of tract blocks fall in Port Penn
Port Penn is where census tract 10003016608 sits, home to 7,177 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.5/10. It lands near the 58th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
59% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $110,482 a year. About 3% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units2,494
Renter share3.4%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$110,482
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Port Penn and the region
Centroid at 39.5094, -75.6013 · click any tract to drill in
Why Port Penn scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Port Penn
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Port Penn
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Port Penn
1.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Port Penn
2.7
How Port Penn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 42Total filings over 9 yrs
- 21.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.6%Peak (2012)
- 3Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 9 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 30Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×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
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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 7.0%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 6.2%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 25.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Port Penn
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Port Penn eviction risk, 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 8.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 20th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003016608
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003016608?
Census tract 10003016608 in Port Penn scores 2.9/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 10003016608?
3.1% of residents in tract 10003016608 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,177.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003016608?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 87th, minority 55th, housing 13th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10003016608?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10003016608 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.67% of renter households, peaking at 14.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 10003016608 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10003016608 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10003016608 compare to Port Penn overall?
Tract 10003016608 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Port Penn at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Port Penn eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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