Absecon vs Smithville

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

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

Smithville has the higher population (9,260 vs 9,099 in Absecon). Absecon has the higher median household income ($77,516 vs $72,875 in Smithville). Smithville has the higher median home value ($270,600 vs $237,600 in Absecon).

Population, income & housing

	Absecon	Smithville
Population	9,099	9,260
Median age	37.1 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,516	$72,875
Median home value	$237,600	$270,600
Median gross rent	$1,814	$1,477
Housing units	3,759	4,814
Homeownership rate	73.4%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Absecon	Smithville
Population	8,362 → 9,099 (+8.8%)	7,365 → 9,260 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$70,393 → $77,516 (+10.1%)	$61,010 → $72,875 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $237,600 (+24.2%)	$202,800 → $270,600 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $1,814 (+29.4%)	$1,198 → $1,477 (+23.3%)

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

Smithville

Population

7,3659,260

Median household income

$61,010$72,875

Median home value

$202,800$270,600

Median gross rent

$1,198$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Absecon	Smithville
Under 5	7.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	18.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	6.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.7%
75 and over	8.3%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Absecon	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	63.0%
Black or African American	10.2%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Absecon	Smithville
No high school diploma	4.9%	6.9%
High school graduate	30.9%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Absecon	Smithville
Drove alone	81.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.9%
Public transit	2.9%	1.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.4%
Other means	0.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Absecon	Smithville
1-unit, detached	69.2%	50.5%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	18.1%
20 or more units	9.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Absecon	Smithville
Poverty rate	8.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1974	1989