THE ABSECON HIGHLANDS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Barrier Islands/Coastal Marshes setting.
Absecon Highlands CDP has 1.95 square miles of land in Atlantic County. Its Census reference point is in Barrier Islands/Coastal Marshes, within Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens.
Sandy coastal landscapes combine beaches, dunes, bays and marshes with oak-pine woodland. These pine-barrens settings form a transition between warmer southern coasts and rockier shores farther north.
Regional context: Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Absecon Highlands and Atlantic County
Absecon Highlands is associated with Atlantic County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Absecon Highlands by land and water
The Census records 0.48 square miles of water within Absecon Highlands, or 19.8% of its total area. It is 2.5 percentage points higher than the 17.3% recorded for Atlantic County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Absecon Highlands CDP has 35.3% of the land area of nearby Absecon city (5.53 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.