Official Name: | Absecon Highlands, New Jersey |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Atlantic County#USA New Jersey#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Absecon Highlands |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Atlantic County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | 39.4425°N -74.4778°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Atlantic |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Galloway |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.44 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.95 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.48 |
Area Total Km2: | 6.31 |
Area Land Km2: | 5.06 |
Area Water Km2: | 1.25 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | 279.46 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Elevation Ft: | 3 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 08205 (Absecon) |
Area Code: | 609 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | [2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2804146 |
Population Total: | 1414 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 723.64 |
Absecon Highlands is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[3] 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.[4]
U.S. Route 9 (New York Road) is the main road through the community; it leads north 7miles to the Garden State Parkway in Port Republic and south through Absecon 4miles to the Atlantic City Expressway in Pleasantville.
The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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% |