Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Milton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10005050805 · Sussex County, DE · pop 3,595 · 50% of tract blocks fall in Milton
Census tract 10005050805 sits in Milton eviction risk in Sussex County, Delaware eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. That is riskier than about 69% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,438 monthly, set against $113,850 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units1,377
Renter share6.3%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$113,850
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
17
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milton and the region
Centroid at 38.7353, -75.3324 · click any tract to drill in
Why Milton scores 2.1
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
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,438 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 18%Housing & transportation
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.
- 6.6%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.3%Food insecurity
- 6.4%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 7.3%No health insurance
- 12.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Milton
What moves this score most 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 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
In CDC survey modeling, about 6.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 10005050805
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005050805?
Census tract 10005050805 in Milton scores 2.1/10 (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 10005050805?
Median gross rent is $1,438/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005050805?
10.6% of residents in tract 10005050805 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,595.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005050805?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 51th, minority 16th, housing 18th.
Q5
What share of households in tract 10005050805 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.6% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 10005050805 compare to Milton overall?
Tract 10005050805 scores 2.1/10, 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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