Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Odessa Heights Eviction Risk: Lower , Middletown
Tract 10003016614 · New Castle County, DE · pop 6,953 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 4.7/10 for census tract 10003016614 reflects conditions in the Odessa Heights area of Middletown, Delaware. That is riskier than about 30% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 18% of renter households, a modest level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $891 a month while the average household earns $134,111 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,198
Renter share17.0%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate0.6%
Median income$134,111
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middletown and the region
Centroid at 39.4531, -75.6756 · click any tract to drill in
Why Odessa Heights scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Middletown
7.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.9
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
0.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$891 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Middletown
3.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Middletown
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Middletown
3.7
How Odessa Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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)
- 71Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Tampa, FL as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
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.
- 9.4%Housing insecurity
- 5.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.4%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 14.6%Frequent mental distress
- 22.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Odessa Heights
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 5.4/10. 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 Middletown eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the New Castle County average of 5.7 and below the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 9.4% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10003016614
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10003016614?
Census tract 10003016614 in the Odessa Heights neighborhood scores 1.1/10 (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 10003016614?
Median gross rent is $891/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10003016614?
0.6% of residents in tract 10003016614 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,953.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10003016614?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 12th, minority 46th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 10003016614 considered part of Odessa Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10003016614 fall within Odessa Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 10003016614 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.00× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Tampa, FL), 2020-2021.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10003016614 struggle to pay rent?
About 9.4% 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. 5.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10003016614 compare to Middletown overall?
Tract 10003016614 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Middletown at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Middletown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Middletown
Top eight tracts in Middletown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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