Absecon vs Hammonton

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

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

Hammonton has the higher population (14,746 vs 9,099 in Absecon). Hammonton has the higher median household income ($83,044 vs $77,516 in Absecon). Hammonton has the higher median home value ($324,200 vs $237,600 in Absecon).

Population, income & housing

	Absecon	Hammonton
Population	9,099	14,746
Median age	37.1 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,516	$83,044
Median home value	$237,600	$324,200
Median gross rent	$1,814	$1,375
Housing units	3,759	6,145
Homeownership rate	73.4%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Absecon	Hammonton
Population	8,362 → 9,099 (+8.8%)	14,139 → 14,746 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$70,393 → $77,516 (+10.1%)	$73,048 → $83,044 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $237,600 (+24.2%)	$235,500 → $324,200 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $1,814 (+29.4%)	$1,204 → $1,375 (+14.2%)

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

Hammonton

Population

14,13914,746

Median household income

$73,048$83,044

Median home value

$235,500$324,200

Median gross rent

$1,204$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Absecon	Hammonton
Under 5	7.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	17.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	6.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.0%
75 and over	8.3%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Absecon	Hammonton
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	69.0%
Black or African American	10.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Absecon	Hammonton
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Absecon	Hammonton
Drove alone	81.7%	72.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	14.3%
Public transit	2.9%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Absecon	Hammonton
1-unit, detached	69.2%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	7.6%
20 or more units	9.7%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Absecon	Hammonton
Poverty rate	8.7%	11.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1974	1970