Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
The Shoals Eviction Risk: Lower , Fenwick Island
Tract 10005051205 · Sussex County, DE · pop 666 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 10005051205 covers the The Shoals area of Fenwick Island in Delaware. Home to 666 residents, it scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 9% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,031 monthly, set against $102,500 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units364
Renter share11.8%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$102,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fenwick Island and the region
Centroid at 38.4775, -75.0533 · click any tract to drill in
Why The Shoals scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fenwick Island
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,031 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fenwick Island
2.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fenwick Island
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fenwick Island
3.4
How The Shoals compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 2Total filings over 2 yrs
- 3.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2015)
- 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.
- 4.0%Housing insecurity
- 2.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.6%Food insecurity
- 4.0%SNAP enrollment
- 3.4%Transit barriers
- 5.2%No health insurance
- 10.1%Frequent mental distress
- 29.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in The Shoals
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 3.4/10. 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 Fenwick Island, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2 eviction filings here over 2 tracked years, with about 3.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.6% of renter households in 2015.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005051205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005051205?
Census tract 10005051205 in the The Shoals neighborhood scores 2.2/10 (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 10005051205?
Median gross rent is $1,031/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 0% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005051205?
2.3% of residents in tract 10005051205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 666.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005051205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 6th, minority 30th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 10005051205 considered part of The Shoals?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 10005051205 fall within The Shoals (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005051205?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 10005051205 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.10% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 10005051205 struggle to pay rent?
About 4.0% 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. 2.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 10005051205 compare to Fenwick Island overall?
Tract 10005051205 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Fenwick Island at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fenwick Island; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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