Absecon vs Brigantine

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

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

Absecon has the higher population (9,099 vs 7,702 in Brigantine). Brigantine has the higher median household income ($88,906 vs $77,516 in Absecon). Brigantine has the higher median home value ($485,000 vs $237,600 in Absecon).

Population, income & housing

	Absecon	Brigantine
Population	9,099	7,702
Median age	37.1 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,516	$88,906
Median home value	$237,600	$485,000
Median gross rent	$1,814	$1,499
Housing units	3,759	9,340
Homeownership rate	73.4%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Absecon	Brigantine
Population	8,362 → 9,099 (+8.8%)	8,832 → 7,702 (-12.8%)
Median household income	$70,393 → $77,516 (+10.1%)	$72,372 → $88,906 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $237,600 (+24.2%)	$354,200 → $485,000 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $1,814 (+29.4%)	$1,344 → $1,499 (+11.5%)

Absecon

Population

8,3629,099

Median household income

$70,393$77,516

Median home value

$191,300$237,600

Median gross rent

$1,402$1,814

Brigantine

Population

8,8327,702

Median household income

$72,372$88,906

Median home value

$354,200$485,000

Median gross rent

$1,344$1,499

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Absecon	Brigantine
Under 5	7.6%	2.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	6.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.3%
45 to 54	6.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	17.4%	25.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	20.2%
75 and over	8.3%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Absecon	Brigantine
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	84.8%
Black or African American	10.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Absecon	Brigantine
No high school diploma	4.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	30.9%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Absecon	Brigantine
Drove alone	81.7%	70.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.4%
Public transit	2.9%	3.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.4%	19.3%
Other means	0.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Absecon	Brigantine
1-unit, detached	69.2%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	9.7%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Absecon	Brigantine
Poverty rate	8.7%	9.4%
Average household size	2.51	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1974	1980