Absecon Highlands vs Collings Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Absecon Highlands and Collings Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Absecon Highlands and Collings Lakes are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Absecon Highlands has the higher population (1,512 vs 1,489 in Collings Lakes). Collings Lakes has the higher median household income ($86,359 vs $80,511 in Absecon Highlands). Absecon Highlands has the higher median home value ($284,900 vs $194,500 in Collings Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Absecon Highlands	Collings Lakes
Population	1,512	1,489
Median age	50.3 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,511	$86,359
Median home value	$284,900	$194,500
Median gross rent	$1,681	—
Housing units	654	565
Homeownership rate	85.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	16.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Absecon Highlands	Collings Lakes
Population	1,386 → 1,512 (+9.1%)	1,539 → 1,489 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$87,679 → $80,511 (-8.2%)	$65,391 → $86,359 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$203,100 → $284,900 (+40.3%)	$146,800 → $194,500 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,767 → $1,681 (-4.9%)	—

Absecon Highlands

Population

1,3861,512

Median household income

$87,679$80,511

Median home value

$203,100$284,900

Median gross rent

$1,767$1,681

Collings Lakes

Population

1,5391,489

Median household income

$65,391$86,359

Median home value

$146,800$194,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Absecon Highlands	Collings Lakes
Under 5	2.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	12.2%
25 to 34	19.2%	20.3%
35 to 44	6.5%	7.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	20.6%
55 to 64	21.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	15.9%	2.8%
75 and over	6.9%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Absecon Highlands	Collings Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	67.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	25.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Absecon Highlands	Collings Lakes
No high school diploma	7.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	34.4%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Absecon Highlands	Collings Lakes
Drove alone	82.3%	78.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	6.6%
Other means	0.8%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Absecon Highlands	Collings Lakes
1-unit, detached	76.1%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Absecon Highlands	Collings Lakes
Poverty rate	12.1%	13.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1970	1963