Bungalow Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Atlantic City
Tract 34001001400 ·
Atlantic County, NJ · pop 3,664 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 34001001400 sits in the Bungalow Park area of Atlantic City eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10. Population here is 3,664. 37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 50%Stable renters 43%Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units1,488
Renter share93.0%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate49.6%
Median income$23,472
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Bungalow Park
Moderate
Within parent city
23th percentile
#11 of 14 tracts In Atlantic City
Low
Within county
86th percentile
#11 of 73 tracts In Atlantic County
High
Within state
80th percentile
#442 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlantic City and the region
Centroid at 39.3805, -74.4271 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bungalow Park scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Atlantic City
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.3
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
49.6% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$768 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Atlantic City
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Atlantic City
4.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Atlantic City
5.7
How Bungalow Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
99%Socioeconomic
97%Household composition
92%Racial/ethnic minority
73%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
0%Grade A
0%Grade B
10%Grade C
18%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
1,729Total filings over 6 yrs
23.88%Avg annual filing rate
26.0%Peak (2013)
275Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year2013 to 2018
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
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.
42.6%Housing insecurity
32.6%Utility-shutoff threat
56.7%Food insecurity
54.9%SNAP enrollment
29.5%Transit barriers
26.3%No health insurance
24.6%Frequent mental distress
45.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bungalow Park
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. SNAP participation runs 54.9% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 50%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
This is renter territory: 93% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10.
It sits 2.3 points above the Atlantic County average of 5.5. Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income of $23,472, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
At $768 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Atlantic City commands. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Disability prevalence runs 45.4% against 31.5% nationally.
Court records carry 1,729 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34001001400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001001400?
Census tract 34001001400 in the Bungalow Park neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (Elevated 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 34001001400?
Median gross rent is $768/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001001400?
49.6% of residents in tract 34001001400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,664.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001001400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 97th, minority 92th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 34001001400 considered part of Bungalow Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001001400 fall within Bungalow Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001001400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,729 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001001400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.88% of renter households, peaking at 26.0% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34001001400 struggle to pay rent?
About 42.6% 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. 32.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34001001400 compare to Atlantic City overall?
Tract 34001001400 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Atlantic City at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Atlantic City eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34001001400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 18% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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