How Absecon Highlands works: jobs, income and commuting
Employers in Absecon Highlands report 441 jobs for 595 working residents. Only 3% work in Absecon Highlands; the top destination outside it is Atlantic City (27%, 5 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes (New Jersey 31, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Absecon Highlands, in brief
Most Absecon Highlands residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Absecon Highlands are quick
The average trip to work takes 25 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 595 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Absecon Highlands
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Absecon Highlands
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Absecon Highlands workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 583 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who commutes out of Absecon Highlands, and who commutes in
On a workday 580 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 426 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Absecon Highlands on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.74 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Absecon Highlands goes to work
Where Absecon Highlands clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Absecon Highlands is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Absecon Highlands, 2013 → 2023: 383 → 441. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Absecon Highlands’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How Absecon Highlands compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Absecon Highlands workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absecon Highlands | – | — | — | 25 min | $84,554 |
| Absecon | 3% | B− | A− | 20 min | $73,676 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Absecon. Darker towns draw more of Absecon Highlands’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Absecon Highlands: questions
What is the median household income in Absecon Highlands?
$84,554 (±$10,082) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Absecon Highlands?
7.7%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Absecon Highlands?
25 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Absecon Highlands work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Atlantic City (27%, 5 mi), Galloway Township (16%, 3 mi), Egg Harbor Township (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Absecon Highlands without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Absecon Highlands, from the people who make the trip.
More of Absecon Highlands
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.