Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Milton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10005050801 · Sussex County, DE · pop 4,022 · 55% of tract blocks fall in Milton
Tract 10005050801, home to 4,022 residents in Milton in Sussex County, scores 5.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,323 monthly, set against $76,181 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 24% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,691
Renter share24.3%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$76,181
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milton and the region
Centroid at 38.8045, -75.3101 · click any tract to drill in
Why Milton scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Milton
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,323 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Milton
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Milton
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Milton
5.5
How Milton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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)
- 156Total filings over 6 yrs
- 5.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2013)
- 16Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 54% 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.
- 8.6%Housing insecurity
- 5.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.7%Food insecurity
- 8.6%SNAP enrollment
- 6.0%Transit barriers
- 8.2%No health insurance
- 14.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Milton
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at $1/10. 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 Milton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Sussex County average of 5.5 and above the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 156 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 5.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.4% of renter households in 2013.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 57th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005050801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050801?
Census tract 10005050801 in Milton scores 2.4/10 (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 10005050801?
Median gross rent is $1,323/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050801?
4.6% of residents in tract 10005050801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,022.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 97th, minority 37th, housing 27th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005050801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 156 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005050801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.26% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005050801 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.6% 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. 5.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005050801 compare to Milton overall?
Tract 10005050801 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Milton at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Milton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Milton
Top eight tracts in Milton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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