Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally
Milford Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 10001042500 · Kent County, DE · pop 4,325 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Milford
Here is how census tract 10001042500, in Milford eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 6.6/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 4,325. On the national scale it ranks #9,222 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,207 monthly, set against $41,923 in average yearly household income, roughly 35% of income at the averages. About 74% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 26%
Tract context
Occupied units2,151
Renter share73.5%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate25.0%
Median income$41,923
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
National
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milford and the region
Centroid at 38.9248, -75.4205 · click any tract to drill in
Why Milford scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Milford
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
25.0% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,207 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Milford
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Milford
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Milford
7.2
How Milford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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)
- 1,407Total filings over 9 yrs
- 17.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.7%Peak (2013)
- 135Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 9 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.
- 20.9%Housing insecurity
- 14.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.9%Food insecurity
- 26.6%SNAP enrollment
- 13.3%Transit barriers
- 13.7%No health insurance
- 20.0%Frequent mental distress
- 40.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Milford
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. 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 Milford eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Kent County average of 5.7 and above the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.9% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 14.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 95th 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.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 10001042500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001042500?
Census tract 10001042500 in Milford scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 10001042500?
Median gross rent is $1,207/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001042500?
25.0% of residents in tract 10001042500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,325.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001042500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 99th, minority 69th, housing 91th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001042500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,407 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001042500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.61% of renter households, peaking at 26.7% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10001042500 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.9% 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. 14.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10001042500 compare to Milford overall?
Tract 10001042500 scores 6.2/10, higher than the parent city of Milford at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Milford eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Milford
Top eight tracts in Milford ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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