Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Georgetown Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10005050501 · Sussex County, DE · pop 4,447 · 26% of tract blocks fall in Georgetown
How risky is Georgetown in Sussex County for landlords? Census tract 10005050501 scores 6.1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,128 a month against an average household income of $82,935 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 27% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,512
Renter share26.8%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$82,935
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Georgetown and the region
Centroid at 38.6930, -75.4367 · click any tract to drill in
Why Georgetown scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Georgetown
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,128 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Georgetown
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Georgetown
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Georgetown
7.9
How Georgetown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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)
- 32Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2014)
- 4Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% 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.
- 12.6%Housing insecurity
- 8.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 16.2%Food insecurity
- 13.1%SNAP enrollment
- 8.4%Transit barriers
- 12.3%No health insurance
- 16.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Georgetown
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Georgetown 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 8.1% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 32 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.5% of renter households in 2014.
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 10005050501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050501?
Census tract 10005050501 in Georgetown scores 4.3/10 (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 10005050501?
Median gross rent is $1,128/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050501?
9.1% of residents in tract 10005050501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,447.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 92th, minority 47th, housing 90th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005050501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005050501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.59% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005050501 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.6% 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. 8.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005050501 compare to Georgetown overall?
Tract 10005050501 scores 4.3/10, right in line with the parent city of Georgetown at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Georgetown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Georgetown
Top eight tracts in Georgetown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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