Atlantic City vs Hammonton

A side-by-side comparison of Atlantic City and Hammonton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atlantic City has the higher population (38,486 vs 14,746 in Hammonton). Hammonton has the higher median household income ($83,044 vs $36,220 in Atlantic City). Hammonton has the higher median home value ($324,200 vs $189,600 in Atlantic City).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic City	Hammonton
Population	38,486	14,746
Median age	37.8 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,220	$83,044
Median home value	$189,600	$324,200
Median gross rent	$1,084	$1,375
Housing units	20,075	6,145
Homeownership rate	30.1%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic City	Hammonton
Population	37,999 → 38,486 (+1.3%)	14,139 → 14,746 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$29,232 → $36,220 (+23.9%)	$73,048 → $83,044 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$156,700 → $189,600 (+21.0%)	$235,500 → $324,200 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$904 → $1,084 (+19.9%)	$1,204 → $1,375 (+14.2%)

Atlantic City

Population

37,99938,486

Median household income

$29,232$36,220

Median home value

$156,700$189,600

Median gross rent

$904$1,084

Hammonton

Population

14,13914,746

Median household income

$73,048$83,044

Median home value

$235,500$324,200

Median gross rent

$1,204$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic City	Hammonton
Under 5	7.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.0%
75 and over	6.3%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic City	Hammonton
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	69.0%
Black or African American	31.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	16.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	26.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic City	Hammonton
No high school diploma	23.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic City	Hammonton
Drove alone	44.8%	72.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	14.3%
Public transit	20.7%	0.2%
Walked	16.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.9%	8.4%
Other means	3.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic City	Hammonton
1-unit, detached	16.4%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	7.6%
20 or more units	32.7%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic City	Hammonton
Poverty rate	33.9%	11.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1962	1970