Absecon Highlands vs Folsom

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

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

Folsom has the higher population (1,732 vs 1,512 in Absecon Highlands). Folsom has the higher median household income ($112,857 vs $80,511 in Absecon Highlands). Absecon Highlands has the higher median home value ($284,900 vs $247,900 in Folsom).

Population, income & housing

	Absecon Highlands	Folsom
Population	1,512	1,732
Median age	50.3 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,511	$112,857
Median home value	$284,900	$247,900
Median gross rent	$1,681	$1,701
Housing units	654	686
Homeownership rate	85.2%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	16.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Absecon Highlands	Folsom
Population	1,386 → 1,512 (+9.1%)	1,697 → 1,732 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$87,679 → $80,511 (-8.2%)	$76,429 → $112,857 (+47.7%)
Median home value	$203,100 → $284,900 (+40.3%)	$179,400 → $247,900 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,767 → $1,681 (-4.9%)	$1,256 → $1,701 (+35.4%)

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

Folsom

Population

1,6971,732

Median household income

$76,429$112,857

Median home value

$179,400$247,900

Median gross rent

$1,256$1,701

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Absecon Highlands	Folsom
Under 5	2.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	19.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	6.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	16.2%
55 to 64	21.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	15.9%	13.6%
75 and over	6.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Absecon Highlands	Folsom
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	85.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Absecon Highlands	Folsom
No high school diploma	7.5%	9.4%
High school graduate	34.4%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Absecon Highlands	Folsom
Drove alone	82.3%	82.9%
Carpooled	5.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Absecon Highlands	Folsom
1-unit, detached	76.1%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	1.6%
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	Folsom
Poverty rate	12.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1970	1970