Absecon vs Northfield

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

Absecon and Northfield 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 8,427 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median household income ($104,042 vs $77,516 in Absecon). Northfield has the higher median home value ($275,900 vs $237,600 in Absecon).

Population, income & housing

	Absecon	Northfield
Population	9,099	8,427
Median age	37.1 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,516	$104,042
Median home value	$237,600	$275,900
Median gross rent	$1,814	$1,554
Housing units	3,759	3,447
Homeownership rate	73.4%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	45.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Absecon	Northfield
Population	8,362 → 9,099 (+8.8%)	8,153 → 8,427 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$70,393 → $77,516 (+10.1%)	$87,156 → $104,042 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $237,600 (+24.2%)	$223,100 → $275,900 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $1,814 (+29.4%)	$1,720 → $1,554 (-9.7%)

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

Northfield

Population

8,1538,427

Median household income

$87,156$104,042

Median home value

$223,100$275,900

Median gross rent

$1,720$1,554

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Absecon	Northfield
Under 5	7.6%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	6.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.2%
75 and over	8.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Absecon	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	74.2%
Black or African American	10.2%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Absecon	Northfield
No high school diploma	4.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	30.9%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Absecon	Northfield
Drove alone	81.7%	81.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.8%
Public transit	2.9%	1.3%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.3%
Other means	0.1%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Absecon	Northfield
1-unit, detached	69.2%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	9.7%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Absecon	Northfield
Poverty rate	8.7%	4.4%
Average household size	2.51	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1974	1966