Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Seaford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 10005050406 · Sussex County, DE · pop 4,987 · 59% of tract blocks fall in Seaford
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 10005050406 (Seaford, Delaware) comes in at 6.8/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 92% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 53% 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 $1,037 monthly, set against $51,944 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 60% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,874
Renter share60.3%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate25.4%
Median income$51,944
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seaford and the region
Centroid at 38.6723, -75.6073 · click any tract to drill in
Why Seaford scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Seaford
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
25.4% poverty · this tract
6.3
Supply constraint
$1,037 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Seaford
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Seaford
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Seaford
7.6
How Seaford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 623Total filings over 6 yrs
- 10.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.8%Peak (2011)
- 80Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 39% 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.
- 18.5%Housing insecurity
- 12.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.8%Food insecurity
- 23.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.7%Transit barriers
- 16.0%No health insurance
- 17.5%Frequent mental distress
- 39.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Seaford
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Seaford 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 623 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 10.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.8% of renter households in 2011.
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 12.6% 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 10005050406
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050406?
Census tract 10005050406 in Seaford scores 6.1/10 (Elevated 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 10005050406?
Median gross rent is $1,037/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050406?
25.4% of residents in tract 10005050406 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,987.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050406?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 98th, minority 70th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005050406?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 623 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005050406 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.54% of renter households, peaking at 12.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005050406 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. 12.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005050406 compare to Seaford overall?
Tract 10005050406 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Seaford at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Seaford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Seaford
Top eight tracts in Seaford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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