Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally
Ellendale Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10005050200 · Sussex County, DE · pop 4,051 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Ellendale
10005050200 is a census tract in Ellendale, DE. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.1/10.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,507
Renter share18.4%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate14.1%
Median income$66,201
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
National
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ellendale and the region
Centroid at 38.7823, -75.4046 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ellendale scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ellendale
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
14.1% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,182 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ellendale
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ellendale
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ellendale
6.9
How Ellendale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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)
- 229Total filings over 6 yrs
- 14.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.6%Peak (2011)
- 31Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 6 months.
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.
- 15.6%Housing insecurity
- 10.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 20.4%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 10.3%Transit barriers
- 13.0%No health insurance
- 17.4%Frequent mental distress
- 33.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ellendale
Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. At $1,182 a month, rents run 35% over what the rest of Ellendale commands.
54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Sussex County average of 42.5%. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 229 filings here across 6 tracked years. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 6.9/10. The worst year on record was 2011, when 21.6% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 14.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #45,786 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Sussex County average of 4.0 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005050200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050200?
Census tract 10005050200 in Ellendale scores 4.2/10 (Moderate 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 10005050200?
Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050200?
14.1% of residents in tract 10005050200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,051.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 78th, minority 62th, housing 36th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005050200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 229 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005050200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.30% of renter households, peaking at 21.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005050200 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. 10.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005050200 compare to Ellendale overall?
Tract 10005050200 scores 4.2/10, higher than the parent city of Ellendale at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ellendale eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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