Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #434 of 84,120 nationally
Chelsea Eviction Risk: High , Atlantic City
Tract 34001000400 · Atlantic County, NJ · pop 3,602 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 34001000400 covers the Chelsea area of Atlantic City in New Jersey. Home to 3,602 residents, it scores 7.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 99% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
64% 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 $1,149 a month while the average household earns $34,895 a year, roughly 40% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
9
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,665
Renter share50.1%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate46.7%
Median income$34,895
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
77
th percentile
High
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
98
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atlantic City and the region
Centroid at 39.3506, -74.4516 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chelsea scores 9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
46.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,149 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 Chelsea compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 10%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 1,001Total filings over 6 yrs
- 18.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.0%Peak (2014)
- 156Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Chelsea. 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.
- 20.7%Housing insecurity
- 13.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.6%Food insecurity
- 23.3%SNAP enrollment
- 15.6%Transit barriers
- 17.5%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 37.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chelsea
The score leans hardest on 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 20.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.6% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 96th 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.
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 34001000400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34001000400?
Census tract 34001000400 in the Chelsea neighborhood scores 9/10 (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 34001000400?
Median gross rent is $1,149/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34001000400?
46.7% of residents in tract 34001000400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,602.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34001000400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 34th, minority 80th, housing 100th.
Q5
Is tract 34001000400 considered part of Chelsea?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34001000400 fall within Chelsea (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34001000400?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,001 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34001000400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.18% of renter households, peaking at 21.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34001000400 struggle to pay rent?
About 20.7% 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. 13.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34001000400 compare to Atlantic City overall?
Tract 34001000400 scores 9/10, 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 34001000400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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8.8
/ 10 · High
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8.8
/ 10 · High
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8.8
/ 10 · High
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8.7
/ 10 · High
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8.7
/ 10 · High
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