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Neighborhood · Ranked #798 of 84,120 nationally

Southeast Inlet Eviction Risk: High , Atlantic City

Tract 34001001900 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 1,617 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

In the Southeast Inlet neighborhood of Atlantic City, census tract 34001001900 scores 7.2/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 97% of US census tracts.

76% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,151 a month while the average household earns $36,964 a year, roughly 37% of income at the averages. Renters make up 88% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
8.7
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 67% Stable renters 21% Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units901
Renter share88.5%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate30.4%
Median income$36,964

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Southeast Inlet
Moderate
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 14 tracts In Atlantic City
Moderate
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 73 tracts In Atlantic County
High
Within state
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#101 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Atlantic City and the region

Centroid at 39.3651, -74.4098 · click any tract to drill in

Why Southeast Inlet scores 8.7

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
30.4% poverty · this tract
7.6
Supply constraint
$1,151 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Southeast Inlet compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Southeast Inlet risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 8.78.7This tracttract 001900Atlantic City: 7.37.3Atlantic Cityparent cityCounty: 5.05.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 1,067Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 25.95%Avg annual filing rate
  • 31.0%Peak (2014)
  • 167Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340010019002013: 134 filings (19.88/100 renter HHs)2014: 209 filings (31.01/100 renter HHs)2015: 189 filings (28.04/100 renter HHs)2016: 186 filings (26.69/100 renter HHs)2017: 182 filings (26.11/100 renter HHs)2018: 167 filings (23.96/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 25% 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 Southeast Inlet

The heaviest input here is economic stress at 7.6/10. 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.

In CDC survey modeling, about 29.2% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 22.2% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,067 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 25.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 31.0% of renter households in 2014.

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 34001001900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001001900?

Census tract 34001001900 in the Southeast Inlet neighborhood scores 8.7/10 (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 34001001900?

Median gross rent is $1,151/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34001001900?

30.4% of residents in tract 34001001900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,617.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34001001900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 98th, minority 81th, housing 74th.
Q5

Is tract 34001001900 considered part of Southeast Inlet?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001001900 fall within Southeast Inlet (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001001900?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,067 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001001900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.95% of renter households, peaking at 31.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34001001900 struggle to pay rent?

About 29.2% 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. 22.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34001001900 compare to Atlantic City overall?

Tract 34001001900 scores 8.7/10, 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 34001001900 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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