Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Millsboro Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10005050601 · Sussex County, DE · pop 5,359 · 5% of tract blocks fall in Millsboro
Tract 10005050601 sits in Millsboro eviction risk, DE, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. Population here is 5,359. 21% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Sussex County average of 42.5%.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units2,109
Renter share11.8%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$82,229
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
52
th percentile
Moderate
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Millsboro and the region
Centroid at 38.6015, -75.3755 · click any tract to drill in
Why Millsboro scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Millsboro
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,392 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Millsboro
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Millsboro
6.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Millsboro
5.5
How Millsboro compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 45%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 477Total filings over 6 yrs
- 45.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 65.3%Peak (2015)
- 56Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 42% 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.
- 11.8%Housing insecurity
- 7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.3%Food insecurity
- 12.5%SNAP enrollment
- 7.9%Transit barriers
- 11.8%No health insurance
- 16.1%Frequent mental distress
- 31.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Millsboro
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.1/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 477 filings here across 6 tracked years. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 6.9/10.
Average gross rent is $1,392, 9% above the Millsboro average. The worst year on record was 2015, when 65.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 45.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 6.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Sussex County average of 4.0 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005050601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050601?
Census tract 10005050601 in Millsboro scores 3.8/10 (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 10005050601?
Median gross rent is $1,392/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050601?
10.4% of residents in tract 10005050601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,359.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 79th, minority 45th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005050601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 477 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005050601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 45.13% of renter households, peaking at 65.3% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005050601 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.8% 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. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005050601 compare to Millsboro overall?
Tract 10005050601 scores 3.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Millsboro at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Millsboro eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Millsboro
Top eight tracts in Millsboro ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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