Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Collins Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Bethany Beach
Tract 10005051202 · Sussex County, DE · pop 991 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Tract 10005051202 sits in the Collins Park area of Bethany Beach eviction risk, DE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 991. Against Sussex County at 42.5%, about one in five of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units527
Renter share3.0%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$136,964
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
4
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bethany Beach and the region
Centroid at 38.5518, -75.0698 · click any tract to drill in
Why Collins Park scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bethany Beach
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,667 rent vs county FMR
6.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bethany Beach
1.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bethany Beach
2.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bethany Beach
1.9
How Collins Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 4Total filings over 3 yrs
- 34.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 66.7%Peak (2016)
- 1Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
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.
- 2.8%Housing insecurity
- 2.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 3.6%Food insecurity
- 2.5%SNAP enrollment
- 2.5%Transit barriers
- 3.7%No health insurance
- 8.5%Frequent mental distress
- 26.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Collins Park
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.6/10.
At $1,667 a month, rents run 21% over what the rest of Bethany Beach commands. The voucher gap is 19.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
It sits 1.0 points below the Sussex County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 4 filings here across 3 tracked years.
Adults with no health insurance runs 3.7% against 11.3% nationally. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 2.0% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2016, when 66.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 34.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 3% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005051202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005051202?
Census tract 10005051202 in the Collins Park neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 10005051202?
Median gross rent is $1,667/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 19% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005051202?
1.3% of residents in tract 10005051202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 991.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005051202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 56th, minority 19th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 10005051202 considered part of Collins Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10005051202 fall within Collins Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005051202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 10005051202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 34.34% of renter households, peaking at 66.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10005051202 struggle to pay rent?
About 2.8% 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. 2.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10005051202 compare to Bethany Beach overall?
Tract 10005051202 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Bethany Beach at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bethany Beach eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bethany Beach
Top eight tracts in Bethany Beach ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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