Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #39,389 of 84,120 nationally
Milford Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 10001043400 · Kent County, DE · pop 5,424 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Milford
Census tract 10001043400 belongs to Milford, Delaware. It is home to 5,424 residents and scores $1/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $746 monthly, set against $78,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 21% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,301
Renter share21.2%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$78,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Milford and the region
Centroid at 38.9724, -75.4729 · click any tract to drill in
Why Milford scores 4.1
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
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$746 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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)
- 787Total filings over 9 yrs
- 16.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.7%Peak (2014)
- 67Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% 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.
- 11.4%Housing insecurity
- 6.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 13.2%Food insecurity
- 11.6%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 9.3%No health insurance
- 16.5%Frequent mental distress
- 35.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Milford
The heaviest input here is 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 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 787 eviction filings here over 9 tracked years, with about 16.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 22.7% of renter households in 2014.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 69th 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 10001043400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10001043400?
Census tract 10001043400 in Milford scores 4.1/10 (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 10001043400?
Median gross rent is $746/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10001043400?
6.2% of residents in tract 10001043400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,424.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10001043400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 93th, minority 49th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10001043400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 787 eviction filings across 9 validated years in tract 10001043400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.44% of renter households, peaking at 22.7% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10001043400 struggle to pay rent?
About 11.4% 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. 6.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10001043400 compare to Milford overall?
Tract 10001043400 scores 4.1/10, 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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