Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally
Seaford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 10005050407 · Sussex County, DE · pop 5,916 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Seaford
For landlords sizing up Seaford, census tract 10005050407 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 7.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 96% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 76% of renter households, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,374 a month while the average household earns $58,241 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 21% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,098
Renter share21.2%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate30.6%
Median income$58,241
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
National
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Seaford and the region
Centroid at 38.6776, -75.5526 · click any tract to drill in
Why Seaford scores 6.4
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
30.6% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,374 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 63%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 231Total filings over 6 yrs
- 11.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.9%Peak (2016)
- 30Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% 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.
- 15.9%Housing insecurity
- 11.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 22.6%Food insecurity
- 21.8%SNAP enrollment
- 11.2%Transit barriers
- 12.2%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 36.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Seaford
The score leans hardest on 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 well 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 White and Black and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
In CDC survey modeling, about 15.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 11.7% 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 10005050407
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050407?
Census tract 10005050407 in Seaford scores 6.4/10 (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 10005050407?
Median gross rent is $1,374/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050407?
30.6% of residents in tract 10005050407 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,916.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050407?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 63th, minority 65th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005050407?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 231 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005050407 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.10% of renter households, peaking at 14.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005050407 struggle to pay rent?
About 15.9% 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. 11.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005050407 compare to Seaford overall?
Tract 10005050407 scores 6.4/10, 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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