Populated place in Atlantic County, New Jersey, US
Census-designated place in New Jersey, United States
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 .[ 5] 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.[ 6]
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] [ 5]
Demographics
Historical population
Census Pop. Note %±
2020 1,414 —
2020 census
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.
^ a b Boundary Changes - New Jersey , United States Census Bureau . Accessed October 7, 2024. "Absecon Highlands CDP ... New Entity... Located in Galloway township (25560), Atlantic County (001)."
^ "Absecon Highlands Census Designated Place" . ACME Mapper . Retrieved June 17, 2021 .
^ "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade" . United States 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 .