1 census tracts · pop 2,345 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.8/10
· range 7.8–7.8
Chelsea Heights maps to a single census tract in Atlantic City, NJ, population 2,345. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.8/10, in the Elevated tier. The severe-burden share is 47%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
61% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Atlantic City rate of 33.6%. The poverty rate is 31%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.7/10.
On the high side is economic stress at 7.7/10. The filing record is not thin: 516 evictions logged in this tract. 15.3% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, against a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
19.5% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt. Filing activity peaked in 2014 at 19.2% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 18.6% in 2018 against a 19.2% peak.
Among the 11 mapped neighborhoods of Atlantic City, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Ducktown and Midtown. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Average gross rent runs $1,148, close to the Atlantic City average.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 7.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Chelsea Heights vs Atlantic CityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority83%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport62%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Chelsea Heights
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
516Total filings (sum)
17.26%Avg annual filing rate
19.2%Peak year (2014)
18.59%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Chelsea Heights
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
23.5%Housing insecurity
15.3%Utility shutoff threat
32.2%Food insecurity
24.1%SNAP enrollment
19.5%No health insurance
33.8%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Chelsea Heights
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Chelsea Heights?
Chelsea Heights scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Chelsea Heights compare to Atlantic City overall?
Chelsea Heights scores 1.4 points higher than Atlantic City overall (6.4/10). Renters spend 61% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,148 vs $1,136.
Q3
What is the average rent in Chelsea Heights?
Average gross rent in Chelsea Heights is $1,148/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Chelsea Heights residents are renters?
50% of Chelsea Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 70% in Atlantic City). The neighborhood has 2,345 residents.
Q5
Is Chelsea Heights a high social-vulnerability area?
Chelsea Heights sits in the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Chelsea Heights for landlords?
Chelsea Heights carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Atlantic City as a whole (6.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Chelsea Heights?
Chelsea Heights has 2,164 residents. Top groups: Asian (non-Hispanic) (37.6%), Hispanic / Latino (28.2%), White (non-Hispanic) (24.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
