…the Mid-range Properties on the Monopoly Board!
St. Charles Place, States Avenue, and Virginia Avenue run through the central Atlantic City corridor,
connecting to properties along the shoreline. These mid-range pink properties were never glamorous in the game — they’re the ones you buy early and quietly develop while everyone else fights over the oranges.
In today’s market, these streets sit right in the heart of Atlantic City’s residential tier.
The citywide median sale price was $215,000 as of 2025, while the Chelsea Heights neighborhood — which covers parts of this corridor — carries a median closer to $340,000. Virginia and States Avenues represent the kind of solid, buy that quietly builds wealth over time.
There’s A “Sweet Spot” in Monopoly!?
Experienced Monopoly players almost always want St. James Place, Tennessee Avenue and New York
Avenue — located in the middle of the board – the most. They’re affordable enough to develop early, and hotels there become a slow, grinding money machine. In Atlantic City today, those three streets are still a real neighborhood called the “Orange Loop”. Three blocks of Tennessee, New York, and St. James Place now host some of the city’s best local restaurants and businesses, a genuine destination in a city that doesn’t always get enough credit for its residential character.
The Transition Properties:
Illinois Avenue was renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the 1980s and it holds a remarkable distinction: it’s the single most-landed-on property in all of Monopoly!
Kentucky and Indiana Avenues sit in Atlantic City’s business district, with direct access to the casino corridor. Chelsea Heights, which covers parts of this zone, carries a median single-family price around $340,000, while the broader city median provides a floor near $215,000–$246,000.
Join us next week for the next block of Monopoly!
