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Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally

Pots Nets Creekside Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 10005050710 · Sussex County, DE · pop 2,269 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 10005050710 covers Pots Nets Creekside in Sussex in Delaware. Home to 2,269 residents, it scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 47% of US census tracts.

38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,059 a month against an average household income of $60,156 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 14% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units879
Renter share21.8%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$60,156

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Pots Nets Creekside
Moderate
Within county
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#25 of 74 tracts In Sussex County
Elevated
Within state
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#101 of 259 tracts In Delaware
Elevated
National
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#49,882 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sussex County and the region

Centroid at 38.6363, -75.1533 · click any tract to drill in

Why Pots Nets Creekside scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,059 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0

How Pots Nets Creekside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Pots Nets Creekside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.53.5This tracttract 050710County: 3.33.3Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.43.4Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 76

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Pots Nets Creekside

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Delaware eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Sussex County average of 5.5 and below the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 76th 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 12.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.7% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 10005050710

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050710?

Census tract 10005050710 in the Pots Nets Creekside neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 10005050710?

Median gross rent is $1,059/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050710?

8.6% of residents in tract 10005050710 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,269.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050710?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 86th, minority 45th, housing 51th.
Q5

Is tract 10005050710 considered part of Pots Nets Creekside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10005050710 fall within Pots Nets Creekside (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 10005050710 struggle to pay rent?

About 12.1% 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. 7.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
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