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Neighborhood · Ranked #342 of 84,120 nationally

Midtown Eviction Risk: High , Atlantic City

Tract 34001002400 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 2,844 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

For landlords sizing up the Midtown area of Atlantic City, census tract 34001002400 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 7.3/10. That is riskier than roughly 97% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $953 a month while the average household earns $24,554 a year, roughly 47% of income at the averages. Renters make up 93% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 50% Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units1,082
Renter share93.1%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate48.9%
Median income$24,554

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Midtown
Moderate
Within parent city
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 14 tracts In Atlantic City
High
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 73 tracts In Atlantic County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Atlantic City and the region

Centroid at 39.3595, -74.4260 · click any tract to drill in

Why Midtown scores 9.1

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
48.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$953 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 Midtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Midtown risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.19.1This tracttract 002400Atlantic City: 7.37.3Atlantic Cityparent cityCounty: 5.05.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

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

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.

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)

  • 2,769Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 42.10%Avg annual filing rate
  • 60.1%Peak (2014)
  • 414Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340010024002013: 577 filings (53.08/100 renter HHs)2014: 653 filings (60.07/100 renter HHs)2015: 477 filings (43.88/100 renter HHs)2016: 367 filings (33.03/100 renter HHs)2017: 281 filings (25.29/100 renter HHs)2018: 414 filings (37.26/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 28% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Midtown

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $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 Atlantic City eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Atlantic County average of 6.7 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 100th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

In CDC survey modeling, about 29.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 34001002400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001002400?

Census tract 34001002400 in the Midtown neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (High 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 34001002400?

Median gross rent is $953/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34001002400?

48.9% of residents in tract 34001002400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,844.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34001002400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 100th, minority 85th, housing 98th.
Q5

Is tract 34001002400 considered part of Midtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001002400 fall within Midtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001002400?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 2,769 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001002400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 42.10% of renter households, peaking at 60.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34001002400 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.6% 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. 22.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34001002400 compare to Atlantic City overall?

Tract 34001002400 scores 9.1/10, higher than the parent city of Atlantic City at 7.3/10. 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 34001002400 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. 13% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Atlantic City

Top eight tracts in Atlantic City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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