Milford Eviction Risk: Elevated

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.3/10. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

It sits 2.0 points above the Kent County average of 4.0. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $41,923, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. 74% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. SNAP participation runs 26.6% against 15.2% nationally.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 1,407 evictions over 9 years of observation.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 14.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The worst year on record was 2013, when 26.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 17.6% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.