Absecon vs Somers Point

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

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

Somers Point has the higher population (10,461 vs 9,099 in Absecon). Absecon has the higher median household income ($77,516 vs $68,542 in Somers Point). Somers Point has the higher median home value ($277,500 vs $237,600 in Absecon).

Population, income & housing

	Absecon	Somers Point
Population	9,099	10,461
Median age	37.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,516	$68,542
Median home value	$237,600	$277,500
Median gross rent	$1,814	$1,308
Housing units	3,759	5,730
Homeownership rate	73.4%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Absecon	Somers Point
Population	8,362 → 9,099 (+8.8%)	10,321 → 10,461 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$70,393 → $77,516 (+10.1%)	$61,366 → $68,542 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $237,600 (+24.2%)	$221,500 → $277,500 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $1,814 (+29.4%)	$1,156 → $1,308 (+13.1%)

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

Somers Point

Population

10,32110,461

Median household income

$61,366$68,542

Median home value

$221,500$277,500

Median gross rent

$1,156$1,308

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Absecon	Somers Point
Under 5	7.6%	8.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.1%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	6.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.3%
75 and over	8.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Absecon	Somers Point
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	69.8%
Black or African American	10.2%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.6%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Absecon	Somers Point
No high school diploma	4.9%	10.8%
High school graduate	30.9%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Absecon	Somers Point
Drove alone	81.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.5%
Public transit	2.9%	1.2%
Walked	1.2%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Absecon	Somers Point
1-unit, detached	69.2%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	23.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Absecon	Somers Point
Poverty rate	8.7%	11.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1974	1970