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Atlantic City, NJ
Atlantic City merits investigation by yield-focused buyers who can tolerate weak affordability, outward migration, and water-related property risk.
Median price$388k
Median rent$2,085
Gross yield6.5%
Job growth▲ 1.6%
Composite Market ScoreRank #230 of 571 scored US market areas
Direct rental answer
How much is rent in Atlantic City, NJ?
Zillow's metro-wide Observed Rent Index is $2,085 per month for 2026-06-30. That is up 4.36% from a year earlier.
Occupied rental units paying rent
Two-bedroom standard
These figures are not averaged together. Zillow and Realtor describe asking-rent markets, ACS measures rent paid by surveyed households, and HUD publishes administrative bedroom standards.
Exact county schedules
HUD rent benchmarks inside Atlantic City
Every row keeps its own county FIPS schedule. No county is selected as a metro proxy and no synthetic metro FMR is calculated.
| County | Studio | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic County, NJFIPS 34001 | $1,346 | $1,537 | $1,867 | $2,586 | $2,851 |
| Cape May County, NJFIPS 34009 | $1,320 | $1,366 | $1,792 | $2,396 | $2,405 |
The read
Why this market scores where it does
Atlantic City merits investigation by yield-focused buyers who can tolerate weak affordability, outward migration, and water-related property risk. Buyers prioritizing easy resale or low hazard exposure should avoid it. Median asking rent is $2,085, supporting a 6.45% gross yield, while rent rose 4.36%.
The opportunity is operating income backed by positive employment and rent signals. CES employment rose 1.63%, and asking rent exceeds the two-bedroom fair-market rent of $1,829.50. That spread may indicate room for competitively priced units, but it does not establish achievable rent for any specific property.
The risks affect both acquisition discipline and exit flexibility. Median value is $387,888, equal to 4.72 times median income, while net migration was -514 households. Buyers also face 5.2 months of supply and inland-flood exposure. Underwrite insurance, property-level flood conditions, achievable rent, and resale liquidity before treating the headline yield as durable.
Frequently Asked Investor Questions
What is the income proposition at the metro level?
Median asking rent is $2,085 per month against a median home value of $387,888, producing a published gross yield of 6.45%. Asking rent increased 4.36% year over year. This is a gross measure, so the record does not provide net yield after vacancy, maintenance, taxes, insurance, management, financing, or capital expenditures.
Do demand indicators point in the same direction?
No. CES employment increased 1.63% year over year and asking rent increased 4.36%, but migration was negative: 7,035 households moved in and 7,549 moved out. Incoming movers had average income of $96,117 versus $87,546 for outgoing movers, a published gap of $8,571. The record therefore combines positive labor and rent signals with household outflow.
What should a buyer verify before selecting a property?
Verify achievable unit-level rent, operating expenses, insurance terms, and inland-flood exposure. Also test resale assumptions against 5.2 months of supply, 63 median days on market, and a 21.61% price-drop share. Neighborhood, property-condition, vacancy, tax, insurance-premium, and flood-zone details are not published in this record.
Investor Quick Takeaways
Gross Yield: 6.5%
Computed from the current Zillow rent and home-value medians.
Rent Momentum: ▲ 4.36%
Zillow ZORI rent growth trend over trailing 12 months.
Investor Activity: 15.8%
Originated investment purchase share (CFPB HMDA).
Climate Exposure: FEMA NRI
Annualized loss ratio evaluated for flood & hurricane risk.
Put the evidence to work
Test the market, then test the deal
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Market pulse
The current market in eight signals
Fast-moving Redfin conditions sit beside the slower fundamentals so a buyer can separate today's negotiating climate from the long-run investment case.
Months of supply5.2 mo.▲ from 4.1 mo. a year ago
Median days on market63 days▼ from 65 days a year ago
Listings with price drops21.6%▼ from 23.1% a year ago
Sale-to-list ratio97.8%2026-05-01
Home value growth▲ 3.7%Zillow ZHVI · trailing 12 months
Rent growth▲ 4.36%Zillow ZORI · trailing 12 months
Gross rental yield6.5%Rent × 12 ÷ price
Payroll job growth▲ 1.6%CES · 12m to 2026-06
Release-to-release evidence
What actually changed
This comparison exists because at least one underlying source period advanced. Rebuilding the same data never creates a new observation.
Published score held steady53→53
0 ptsThe published component scores did not move in this release.
Weights were unchanged at metro-2026-07-v2-omb2023, so the movement comes from refreshed evidence and percentile ranks.
The named source periods advanced, but the measured values on this page held steady.
The one chart
Rents versus prices, indexed to 2019
Both series start at 100. The gap between the lines is the investment case, and which line is closing it tells you what kind of market this is.
Reindexed Price vs. Rent Growth
2019 = 100 · annual · 2019–2026
Since 2019, prices are up 89% and rents 78%. Prices running ahead of rents is what compresses yield. ✓ recomputed from series
Composite breakdown
What each component measures
Weights are published, not hidden, and the arithmetic is shown. Five components, each measured as a national percentile across all tracked metros.
Published arithmeticComponent × weight = points
53| Signal | Score | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job growth | 93 | 30% | 27.90 |
| Rent trend | 65 | 25% | 16.25 |
| Affordability | 17 | 15% | 2.55 |
| Supply pressure | 19 | 15% | 2.85 |
| Climate risk | 24 | 15% | 3.60 |
| Published score | 53 | ||
Atlantic City, NJ scoreRank #230
53Job growth93/100
Job: 1.63% CES employment growth -> labor demand is a supportive operating signal, but the record does not show which industries or neighborhoods benefited.
Rent trend65/100
Rent: 4.36% asking-rent growth and a 6.45% gross yield -> income potential is the clearest opportunity, though gross yield excludes vacancies, expenses, financing, and property-specific condition.
Affordability17/100
Afford: rent consumes 30.47% of median household income and price is 4.72 times income -> tenants and local buyers may have limited room to absorb higher housing costs.
Supply pressure19/100
Supply: 1,372 permits, 5.2 months of listings, and 63 median days on market -> buyers have signs of choice, while sellers may face slower or more competitive exits.
Climate risk24/100
Climate: a 0.1945% annual building-value loss ratio with inland flood as the dominant hazard -> insurance terms and property-level water exposure require direct verification before purchase.
The numbers
What this market costs and what it earns
Every derived ratio below recomputes from the same source record used by the article and score.
ZHVI Median Price
$388k
YoY ▲ 3.7%
ZORI Median Rent
$2,085
YoY ▲ 4.36%
Gross Rental Yield
6.5%
Rent × 12 ÷ price
$2,085 × 12 ÷ $387,888
Job Growth (YoY)
▲ 1.6%
CES payrolls
Job signal 93/100
Median Household Income
$82k
Census ACS 5-year
Rent Burden
30.5%
Annual rent ÷ household income
Price-to-Income
4.7x
Median value ÷ household income
HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent
$1,830
Market rent 113.9% of FMR
Historical affordability context
Compare aligned 2019 and 2024 asking-rent and nominal household-income endpoints across the direct-overlap metro set.
Independent rent evidence
One market, several legitimate rent benchmarks
These releases observe different homes and different moments. RentMarker keeps them separate: ZORI remains the scoring baseline, while the other sources test how sensitive the market story is to bedroom mix and measurement method.
Monthly benchmark4 of 4 reported values
Zero-based scale$2,085Primary RentMarker baseline
2026-06-30
All homes and bedroom counts
A smoothed metro rent index for observed rentals; it is the primary rent used by RentMarker scores and career ratios.
View source release ↗$1,452−$634 vs ZORI
FY2026 FMR
One-bedroom standard
An administrative gross-rent benchmark used by HUD programs; it is neither a listing median nor a prediction of one lease.
View source release ↗$1,830−$256 vs ZORI
FY2026 FMR
Two-bedroom standard
An administrative gross-rent benchmark used by HUD programs; it is neither a listing median nor a prediction of one lease.
View source release ↗$1,373−$712 vs ZORI
ACS 2024 5-year
Occupied rental units paying rent
A five-year survey estimate of contract rent plus applicable tenant-paid utilities; it is not a current asking-rent index.
View source release ↗Take the next step
Keep Atlantic City as context, then replace market-wide evidence with the candidate property's facts.
Regional price level
What feels expensive inside Atlantic City
BEA compares each category with the United States, which equals 100. This is a 2024 price-level comparison—not annual inflation.
BEA Regional Price Parities · 2024US = 100
Occupation wage lens
How asking rent sits against major local occupations
Annualized Zillow asking rent is divided by each BLS annual median wage. This is a screening ratio for one wage, not a household budget or affordability verdict.
Six largest published major groupsannual rent ÷ median wage
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations$36,730 median wage
68.1%
Office and Administrative Support Occupations$46,720 median wage
53.6%
Sales and Related Occupations$36,380 median wage
68.8%
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations$98,800 median wage
25.3%
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations$39,460 median wage
63.4%
Educational Instruction and Library Occupations$67,480 median wage
37.1%
Supply pipeline
What is being built, and for whom
Permits are the 12-to-24 month early warning. The total matters less than the mix: apartments compete with a rental the day they open.
National supply context
Compare this authorization pipeline with asking-rent growth, jobs and for-sale liquidity across the evidence-complete metro set.
Building permits by structure type
units per year · latest year annualised
1,242 units authorised in 2026, 7% of them in 5+ unit buildings. This is a single-family building cycle, so the competition is other houses, not new apartments. ✓ recomputed from series
Who is arriving, and who is buying
Demand, and the competition for it
Tax filings say how many households moved and what they earn; mortgage disclosures say how many local purchases went to someone who will not live there. Moves between counties inside this metro are netted out of both flow figures.
Net Household Move
−514
7,035 in vs 7,549 out (IRS SOI)
▼ 7.3% of arriving households
Mover Income Gap
+$8,571
Arriving $96,117 vs leaving $87,546
Average AGI per tax return (IRS SOI)
Investor Purchase Share
15.8%
776 of 4,924 originated purchase loans
CFPB HMDA 2024
Dominant Hazard
inland flooding
0.194% building value annual loss ratio
FEMA NRI · risk type: water
Compare yield and FEMA exposure →Households arrive mainly from: Camden County · Philadelphia County · Gloucester County · Cumberland County · Burlington County
✓ 7,035 in − 7,549 out = -514 netDirect market links
Where tax-return households moved from and to
These are the largest flows where both counties map to a RentMarker market area. They are a documented subset of the all-US IRS totals above.
Leading inbound markets
- Philadelphia, PA2,909 arriving
- New York, NY1,167 arriving
- Vineland, NJ390 arriving
Leading outbound markets
- Philadelphia, PA2,387 leaving
- New York, NY829 leaving
- Vineland, NJ508 leaving
Directional moving briefs
Relocation routes involving Atlantic City
Each route begins with a direct IRS tax-return household flow and then tests what changes in housing, income, jobs, regional prices and climate evidence.
The other side
What would make this a bad buy
Generated from the same figures with the instruction to argue against the score, and published unedited. A page that only agrees with itself is an advertisement.
Three ways the case breaks
- Demand could underperform the positive job and rent readings because tax filings show 7,549 households moved out while 7,035 moved in, producing net migration of -514.
- Affordability could constrain rent increases and resale demand: median rent is 30.47% of median household income, and median value is 4.72 times income.
- Returns could be reduced by inland-flood exposure, while 5.2 months of supply, 63 median days on market, and price drops on 21.61% of listings could complicate an exit.
Inside this metro area
Move from the market-area average to local evidence
Use the available county and city pages to add local price, rent, housing, migration and hazard context to the market-area view.
Statistical peers
Market areas that behave like Atlantic City
Nearest neighbours on price level, income, yield and job growth — not on geography. Every market page gets a different peer set, which is the point.
| Market area | Score | Price | Rent | Yield | Job Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic City, NJ (Target) | 53 | $388k | $2,085 | 6.5% | ▲ 1.6% |
| Savannah, GA | 31 | $347k | $1,820 | 6.3% | ▲ 0.8% |
| Tyler, TX | 59 | $274k | $1,426 | 6.3% | ▲ 1.5% |
| Yuba City, CA | 55 | $434k | $2,011 | 5.6% | ▲ 2.1% |
| Kingston, NY | 63 | $451k | $2,069 | 5.5% | ▲ 1.3% |
Provenance
Where every figure came from
“Checked nightly” means every source is re-pulled and re-verified each night. It does not mean every source moves nightly — the release column tells you how fresh each number can possibly be.
| Dataset Source | Method | Release Period | Pulled Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Census ACS 5-year — household income and gross rent | direct | ACS 2024 5-year | 2026-08-05 |
| Census ACS 5-year — historical household income | direct | ACS 2019 and 2024 5-year | 2026-08-05 |
| Census ACS 5-year — population | direct | ACS 2024 5-year | 2026-07-26 |
| Apartment List Rent Estimates — recent-lease rent index | direct | Apartment List 2026-07 | 2026-08-08 |
| Apartment List Time on Market — listing liquidity | direct | Apartment List 2026-07 | 2026-08-08 |
| Apartment List Vacancy Index — rental vacancy | direct | Apartment List 2026-07 | 2026-08-08 |
| BEA County Personal Income — income and population | direct | 2024 County Personal Income (released 2026-02-05); history 1969-2024 | 2026-08-03 |
| BEA Regional Price Parities — metropolitan price levels | direct | 2024 Regional Price Parities (released 2026-02-19); history 2008-2024 | 2026-08-03 |
| BLS CES — payroll employment | direct | CES SM current | 2026-07-26 |
| BLS LAUS — resident employment | direct | LAUS current | 2026-07-26 |
| BLS OEWS — occupation employment and wages | direct | May 2025 OEWS estimates (released 2026-05-15) | 2026-08-03 |
| BLS QCEW — county employment and wages | direct | annual county employment and wages 2021-2025; latest 2025 vs 2024 | 2026-08-02 |
| OMB/BLS delineation — metro geography | direct | OMB July 2023 delineation | 2026-07-30 |
| Census Building Permits Survey — permitted units | direct | BPS through 2026 | 2026-07-26 |
| Census ACS 5-year — city population, households and housing | direct | ACS 2024 5-year | 2026-07-29 |
| Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock | direct | ACS 2024 5-year | 2026-07-30 |
| Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities | direct | ACS 2024 5-year | 2026-07-30 |
| Census ACS five-year — ZCTA housing and income | direct | ACS 2024 5-year ZCTA | 2026-08-08 |
| FEMA National Risk Index — hazard loss ratios | modelled | NRI counties (FEMA ArcGIS) | 2026-07-26 |
| FHFA House Price Index — annual county appreciation | direct | annual county HPI history 1975-2025; latest 2025 | 2026-08-02 |
| HMDA / CFPB — purchases by occupancy type | direct | HMDA 2024 purchase originations | 2026-07-26 |
| HUD CHAS — renter burden by HAMFI income band | direct | HUD CHAS 2018-2022 ACS 5-year (released 2025-12-23) | 2026-08-03 |
| HUD Fair Market Rents — Section 8 standard | direct | FY2026 FMR | 2026-07-26 |
| HUD USPS crosswalk and Small Area FMRs — ZIP rent fallback | direct | ZIP-CBSA 2025Q4 + SAFMR FY2026 | 2026-07-26 |
| HUD-USPS ZIP-to-county residential-address crosswalk | direct | HUD-USPS 2026Q1 | 2026-08-09 |
| IRS SOI — county migration and mover income | direct | SOI migration 2022-2023 | 2026-07-26 |
| Freddie Mac PMMS — mortgage rates | direct | week of 2026-07-30 | 2026-08-06 |
| Census ACS 5-year — effective property tax | direct | ACS 2024 5-year | 2026-08-06 |
| Realtor.com Economic Research — county listing inventory | direct | county inventory 2026-06 | 2026-07-28 |
| Realtor.com Rental Report — top-50 asking rents | direct | top-50 rental asking rents 2026-05 | 2026-08-05 |
| Redfin Data Center — inventory, days on market, and price cuts | direct | metro tracker through 2026-05-01 | 2026-07-26 |
| Redfin Data Center — ZIP resale activity and supply | direct | ZIP rolling 3 months through 2026-06-30; updated 2026-07-03 | 2026-08-12 |
| USDA ERS — Rural-Urban Continuum Codes | direct | USDA ERS 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes | 2026-08-02 |
| Zillow ZHVI and ZORI — county values and rents | direct | county ZHVI/ZORI 2026-06 | 2026-07-26 |
| Zillow ZHVI — metro home values | direct | Metro_zhvi_uc_sfrcondo_tier_0.33_0.67_sm_sa_month.csv | 2026-07-26 |
| Zillow ZHVI — city home values | direct | zillow_zhvi_city.csv | 2026-07-29 |
| Zillow ZORI — metro market rents | direct | Metro_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_sa_month.csv | 2026-07-26 |
| Zillow ZORI — city market rents | direct | zillow_zori_city.csv | 2026-07-29 |
| Zillow ZORI - metro market rents, not seasonally adjusted | direct | Metro_zori_uc_sfrcondomfr_sm_month.csv | 2026-08-15 |
| Zillow ZORI — ZIP market rents | direct | ZORI ZIP 2026-06 | 2026-08-08 |