Absecon is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 7,693 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Absecon is the 254th largest community in New Jersey.

Absecon is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.05% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Absecon is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Absecon who work in sales jobs (15.52%), office and administrative support jobs (13.47%), and food service (12.22%).

One of the nice things about Absecon is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Despite being a small city, Absecon has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Absecon Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Absecon is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 22.40% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Absecon in 2000 was $23,615, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $94,460 for a family of four. However, Absecon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Absecon is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Absecon home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Absecon is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Absecon include Irish, Italian, German, and English.

The most common language spoken in Absecon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indic languages.