Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Laurel Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10005051701 · Sussex County, DE · pop 4,383 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Laurel
Laurel is where census tract 10005051701 sits, home to 4,383 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.8/10. That is riskier than roughly 69% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
26% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,223 monthly, set against $78,542 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,555
Renter share20.4%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$78,542
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Laurel and the region
Centroid at 38.5666, -75.4750 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laurel scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Laurel
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,223 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Laurel
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Laurel
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Laurel
9.0
How Laurel compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 30%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 101Total filings over 6 yrs
- 7.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.6%Peak (2016)
- 22Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% 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.
- 10.7%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 14.3%Food insecurity
- 11.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.5%Transit barriers
- 10.4%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 32.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Laurel
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Laurel eviction risk, 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 in line with the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 10.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 6.9% 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 10005051701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005051701?
Census tract 10005051701 in Laurel 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 10005051701?
Median gross rent is $1,223/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005051701?
7.9% of residents in tract 10005051701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,383.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005051701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 30th, household 68th, minority 31th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005051701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 101 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005051701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.29% of renter households, peaking at 14.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005051701 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.7% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005051701 compare to Laurel overall?
Tract 10005051701 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Laurel at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Laurel eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Laurel
Top eight tracts in Laurel ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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