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Absecon Highlands, New Jersey

Populated place in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US

Census-designated place in New Jersey, United States

39°26′33″N 74°28′40″W / 39.44250°N 74.47778°W / 39.44250; -74.47778Country

United StatesState

New JerseyCounty AtlanticTownshipGallowayArea

^[1]

• Total2.44 sq mi (6.31 km²) • Land1.95 sq mi (5.06 km²) • Water0.48 sq mi (1.25 km²)Elevation

3 ft (0.9 m)Population

(2020)

• Total1,414 • Density723.64/sq mi (279.46/km²)Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (EDT)ZIP Code

08205 (Absecon)

Area code609FIPS code34-00160^[2]GNIS feature ID2804146^[3]

Absecon Highlands is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)^[4] in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is in the eastern part of the county, in southern Galloway Township. It is bordered to the south by the city of Absecon and to the east by Reeds Bay, a tidal water body the connects to the Atlantic Ocean through Broad Creek and Absecon Inlet. The CDP includes the neighborhoods of Absecon Highlands, Seaview Estates, Seaview Park, Conovertown, and Holly Brook.^[5]

U.S. Route 9 (New York Road) is the main road through the community; it leads north 7 miles (11 km) to the Garden State Parkway in Port Republic and south through Absecon 4 miles (6 km) to the Atlantic City Expressway in Pleasantville.

The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	1,414		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[6] 2020^[7]

2020 census

**Absecon Highlands CDP, New Jersey - Demographic Profile**
(*NH = Non-Hispanic*)
*Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.*
Race / Ethnicity	Pop 2020^[7]	% 2020
White alone (NH)	941	66.55%
Black or African American alone (NH)	70	4.95%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	1	0.07%
Asian alone (NH)	125	8.84%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	1	0.07%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	4	0.28%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH)	73	5.16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	199	14.07%
Total	1,414	100.00%

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
^ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Absecon Highlands Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
^ "Absecon Highlands Census Designated Place". ACME Mapper. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade". US Census Bureau.
^ ^a ^b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Absecon Highlands CDP, New Jersey". United States Census Bureau.