Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Millville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 10005051302 · Sussex County, DE · pop 5,203 · 27% of tract blocks fall in Millville
Eviction risk in Millville eviction risk in Sussex County centers on tract 10005051302, which scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,203 residents. On the national scale it ranks #56,468 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,268 a month while the average household earns $87,681 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units2,585
Renter share9.3%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$87,681
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Millville and the region
Centroid at 38.5154, -75.1638 · click any tract to drill in
Why Millville scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Millville
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.4
State political climate
Delaware legislature & governorship
3.2
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,268 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Millville
1.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Millville
2.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Millville
2.9
How Millville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 29%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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)
- 46Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2014)
- 6Filings in 2017 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 6.0%Housing insecurity
- 4.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.9%Food insecurity
- 6.1%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 6.0%No health insurance
- 12.1%Frequent mental distress
- 28.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Millville
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 4.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Millville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Sussex County average of 5.5 and below the Delaware statewide average of 5.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 18th 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 6.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 4.1% 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 10005051302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 10005051302?
Census tract 10005051302 in Millville 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 10005051302?
Median gross rent is $1,268/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 10005051302?
7.5% of residents in tract 10005051302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,203.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 10005051302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 29th, minority 17th, housing 24th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 10005051302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 46 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 10005051302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.41% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 10005051302 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.0% 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. 4.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 10005051302 compare to Millville overall?
Tract 10005051302 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Millville at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Millville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Millville
Top eight tracts in Millville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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