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Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Milford Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 10005050103 · Sussex County, DE · pop 5,610 · 30% of tract blocks fall in Milford

Census tract 10005050103 covers part of Milford, DE, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,610 residents. about one in five of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Sussex County average of 42.5%.

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 parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Milford
Moderate
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#24 of 74 tracts In Sussex County
Elevated
Within state
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#97 of 259 tracts In Delaware
Elevated
National
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#45,786 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
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-friendly
Local 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.
Milford risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 0501034.6Milfordparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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 by year 2011 to 2017
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 10005050103
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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Milford

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.1/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.4/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 73 filings here across 6 tracked years. Food insecurity runs 9.9% against 17.8% nationally. SNAP participation runs 7.9% against 15.2% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2014 at 6.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.9% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 18% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.1/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Sussex County average of 4.0 closely.

Average gross rent is $1,306, close to the Milford average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

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, lower than the parent city of Milford at 4.6/10. 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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