Census-designated place · Atlantic County, New Jersey

Pomona, New Jersey

Pomona is a census-designated place in Atlantic County, New Jersey, part of the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area. It has 7,995 residents. Pomona, New Jersey has a quality-of-life score of 46 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,507 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Jersey it ranks #503 of 552 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an Amtrak station (low), depression (low) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on rent as share of income (high), drug overdose deaths (high) and child care cost burden (high).

46Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,507 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Jersey: #503 of 552 in NJ
Population: 7,995 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 2,870.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 3460030

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety23#12,033/15,637
Economy42#9,124/15,631
Housing8#13,728/14,977
Health60#6,215/15,609
Healthcare57#6,764/15,650
Environment70#4,694/15,453
Education49#8,020/15,649
Infrastructure45#8,666/15,650
Community46#8,437/15,651
Leisure & amenities88#1,818/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Pomona, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Atlantic County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
98/100New Jersey 11 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAtlantic County value
Depression · low15.3%
98/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Students per teacher · low10.9×
94/100New Jersey 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsAtlantic County value
Restaurants and bars · high14.0 /10k
93/100New Jersey 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAtlantic County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100New Jersey 1.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAtlantic County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100New Jersey 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAtlantic County value

Weaknesses

Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100New Jersey 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Drug overdose deaths · high37.4 /100k
4/100New Jersey 15.8 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataAtlantic County value
Child care cost burden · high41.8%
5/100New Jersey 34.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAtlantic County value
Property crime rate · high2,379 /100k
6/100New Jersey 1,250 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAtlantic County value
Effective property tax rate · high2.06%
6/100New Jersey 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Unemployment rate · high9.4%
11/100New Jersey 5.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
7,363 (2015-2019) → 7,995 (2020-2024)
+8.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
33.1% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
8.0% (2015-2019) → 21.3% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
22.0% (2015-2019) → 34.2% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
6.6% (2015-2019) → 14.6% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Unemployment rateWorsening
2.7% (2015-2019) → 9.4% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Pomona, New Jersey improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Bachelor's++12 points22.0% → 34.2%
Household income+21%$82,191 → $99,118

Declined2

Rent / income+18 points33.1% → 51.0%
Uninsured+8 points6.6% → 14.6%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Pomona, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.2 min2015-2019	25.4 min2020-2024	+0.2 min	Within the margin of error	45%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%2015-2019	34.2%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	94%
Broadband subscriptions	86.4%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Effective property tax rate	2.76%2015-2019	2.06%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	97%
High school diploma or higher	85.8%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3552015-2019	0.3862020-2024	+0.031	Within the margin of error	26%
Median household income	$82,1912015-2019	$99,1182020-2024	+21%	Improved	34%
Poverty rate	5.4%2015-2019	11.1%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Rent as share of income	33.1%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+18 points	Declined	3%
Rent-burdened households	62.0%2015-2019	65.2%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.6%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	+8 points	Declined	5%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Pomona, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pomona, New Jersey in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Pomona, New Jersey itself moved −1.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,995 residents (±1,081)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,478 households (±272)

Pomona, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k8.4%†209
$25k–50k9.5%†235
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,478 households (±272)

Pomona, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own80%1,991
Rent20%†487

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,472 workers (±469)

Pomona, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone74%2,571
Carpool17%†582
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Atlantic County, the county holding most of Pomona's residents.

Atlantic County has 6,192 employer establishments, 224 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 0.88× New Jersey's), with 106,760 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,393. The Census Bureau also counts 21,798 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,192; 21,798 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 224; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 106,760
Average annual pay: $51,393; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Atlantic County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	644	23.3	1.27×More than typical	11,181	$27,393	134
Ambulatory health care services	559	20.2	0.97×About typical	8,046	$73,316	1,019
Specialty trade contractors	490	17.7	1.14×About typical	3,808	$72,146	1,151
Full-service restaurants	344	12.4	1.62×More than typical	7,094	$30,303	57
Services to buildings and dwellings	276	10	1.48×More than typical	1,418	$43,197	1,010
Construction of buildings	223	8.1	1.07×About typical	1,021	$63,052	723
Lessors of real estate	219	7.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	1,388	$48,900	2,777
Personal care services	210	7.6	1.59×More than typical	947	$24,644	737
Limited-service restaurants	205	7.4	0.92×About typical	3,031	$21,732	54
Offices of physicians	197	7.1	1.10×About typical	2,427	$120,896	200
Building equipment contractors	182	6.6	1.09×About typical	1,705	$74,486	228
Clothing and accessories stores	175	6.3	1.74×More than typical	2,126	$22,535	264

Rank places for an industry Open Atlantic County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 276,643 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $10.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Pomona, New Jersey: $1.33 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $10.6K; +94% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.33; US $1,994
Sole-source: 95%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Aviation Administration$10K95%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$5645.3%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

48.1KFY2017
21.6KFY2018
56.4KFY2019
86KFY2020
14.1KFY2021
13.1KFY2022
14.8KFY2023
5.1KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers · 4234$10K95%
Audio and video equipment manufacturing · 3343$5645.3%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Pomona, New Jersey, so they do not add up across cities.

Pomona, New Jersey's figures are part of those of Atlantic County, NJ ($332M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Pomona is mostly in Atlantic County.

See federal money in Atlantic County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Pomona, New Jersey is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jefferson Van DrewR-NJ-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 1.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Atlantic County63100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ70

Other cities and towns in Atlantic County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

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