Absecon vs Pomona

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

Absecon and Pomona 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 8,141 in Pomona). Pomona has the higher median household income ($100,382 vs $77,516 in Absecon). Pomona has the higher median home value ($244,500 vs $237,600 in Absecon).

Population, income & housing

	Absecon	Pomona
Population	9,099	8,141
Median age	37.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,516	$100,382
Median home value	$237,600	$244,500
Median gross rent	$1,814	$897
Housing units	3,759	2,532
Homeownership rate	73.4%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Absecon	Pomona
Population	8,362 → 9,099 (+8.8%)	7,363 → 8,141 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$70,393 → $77,516 (+10.1%)	$82,191 → $100,382 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $237,600 (+24.2%)	$202,400 → $244,500 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $1,814 (+29.4%)	$712 → $897 (+26.0%)

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

Pomona

Population

7,3638,141

Median household income

$82,191$100,382

Median home value

$202,400$244,500

Median gross rent

$712$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Absecon	Pomona
Under 5	7.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	21.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	6.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.2%
75 and over	8.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Absecon	Pomona
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	41.0%
Black or African American	10.2%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	20.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Absecon	Pomona
No high school diploma	4.9%	12.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Absecon	Pomona
Drove alone	81.7%	73.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	18.7%
Public transit	2.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Absecon	Pomona
1-unit, detached	69.2%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Absecon	Pomona
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.51	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1974	1995