Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Ellendale Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10005050200 · Sussex County, DE · pop 4,051 · 25% of tract blocks fall in Ellendale
Tract 10005050200, home to 4,051 residents in Ellendale in Sussex County, scores 6.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 78% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,182 a month while the average household earns $66,201 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 18% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.7
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
86
th percentile
High
Within state
81
th percentile
High
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ellendale and the region
Centroid at 38.7823, -75.4046 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ellendale scores 4.7
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
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 6.9/10. 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 Ellendale eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Sussex County average of 5.5 and above the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 58th 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 15.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 10.5% 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 10005050200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050200?
Census tract 10005050200 in Ellendale scores 4.7/10 (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 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Ellendale at 3.7/10. 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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