Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Milford Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10005050103 · Sussex County, DE · pop 5,610 · 30% of tract blocks fall in Milford
How risky is Milford in Sussex County for landlords? Census tract 10005050103 scores 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 58th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
21% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,306 a month while the average household earns $83,629 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 18% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,229
Renter share18.2%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$83,629
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
73
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milford and the region
Centroid at 38.9003, -75.3270 · click any tract to drill in
Why Milford scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Milford
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,306 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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: 46
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 73Total filings over 6 yrs
- 4.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2014)
- 9Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 36% 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.
- 7.8%Housing insecurity
- 5.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.9%Food insecurity
- 7.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.6%Transit barriers
- 7.4%No health insurance
- 13.5%Frequent mental distress
- 29.1%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 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 7.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 73 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 4.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.6% of renter households in 2014.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005050103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050103?
Census tract 10005050103 in Milford scores 4.2/10 (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 10005050103?
Median gross rent is $1,306/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050103?
9.5% of residents in tract 10005050103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,610.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 94th, minority 26th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005050103?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005050103 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.93% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005050103 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.8% 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. 5.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005050103 compare to Milford overall?
Tract 10005050103 scores 4.2/10, right in line with 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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