Absecon vs Ventnor City

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

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

Ventnor City has the higher population (9,220 vs 9,099 in Absecon). Absecon has the higher median household income ($77,516 vs $74,619 in Ventnor City). Ventnor City has the higher median home value ($345,300 vs $237,600 in Absecon).

Population, income & housing

	Absecon	Ventnor City
Population	9,099	9,220
Median age	37.1 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,516	$74,619
Median home value	$237,600	$345,300
Median gross rent	$1,814	$1,477
Housing units	3,759	7,813
Homeownership rate	73.4%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Absecon	Ventnor City
Population	8,362 → 9,099 (+8.8%)	10,095 → 9,220 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$70,393 → $77,516 (+10.1%)	$59,219 → $74,619 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $237,600 (+24.2%)	$273,500 → $345,300 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $1,814 (+29.4%)	$1,163 → $1,477 (+27.0%)

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

Ventnor City

Population

10,0959,220

Median household income

$59,219$74,619

Median home value

$273,500$345,300

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Absecon	Ventnor City
Under 5	7.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.8%
45 to 54	6.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	22.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.5%
75 and over	8.3%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Absecon	Ventnor City
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	68.3%
Black or African American	10.2%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.6%	8.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	14.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Absecon	Ventnor City
No high school diploma	4.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Absecon	Ventnor City
Drove alone	81.7%	68.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	8.9%
Public transit	2.9%	8.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.4%	11.7%
Other means	0.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Absecon	Ventnor City
1-unit, detached	69.2%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Absecon	Ventnor City
Poverty rate	8.7%	10.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1974	1961