Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety38#573/924
Economy53#438/925
Housing5#880/925
Health74#242/925
Healthcare59#376/923
Environment79#197/917
Education68#298/925
Infrastructure82#165/925
Community80#188/925
Leisure & amenities97#28/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Public transit commuters · high3.4%
98/100New Jersey 8.1%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Depression · low17.7%
98/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Restaurants and bars · high18.5 /10k
98/100New Jersey 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Firearm deaths · low7.8 /100k
93/100New Jersey 4.0 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Access to exercise opportunities · high90.9%
92/100New Jersey 95.9%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Grocery stores · high2.5 /10k
92/100New Jersey 2.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high7.3%
1/100New Jersey 5.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Child care cost burden · high41.2%
5/100New Jersey 34.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · high35.4 /100k
6/100New Jersey 15.8 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Severe housing problems · high20.5%
7/100New Jersey 19.8%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Rent as share of income · high33.4%
8/100New Jersey 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · high56.5%
8/100New Jersey 51.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

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

Distance to an airportWorsening
13 mi (2020) → 50 mi (2025)
+279%5 yearsUS 33 mi → 33 mi
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 55% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+55 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
28.3% (Dec 2021) → 39.1% (Aug 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
31.3% (2020 & 2021) → 41.2% (2023 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Voter turnoutImproving
58.1% (2020) → 66.6% (2024)
+8.5 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.4% (2015-2019) → 91.8% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area improved on 15 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 10. 4 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Property tax−1 points2.47% → 1.45%
Unemployment−8.3 points15.6% → 7.3%
Bachelor's++5.7 points28.1% → 33.8%
High school++3.8 points87.0% → 90.8%
Uninsured−1.5 points9.5% → 8.0%

Declined10

Airport+37 mi13 mi → 50 mi
Transit use−2.1 points5.5% → 3.4%
Property crime+9.8%1,961 /100k → 2,153 /100k
Violent crime+36%233 /100k → 316 /100k
Libraries−11%0.8 /10k → 0.8 /10k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	7.3 /10k2020	8.0 /10k2025	+9.9%	Improved	53%
Average commute time	24.9 min2015-2019	24.4 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%2015-2019	33.8%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Improved	95%
Broadband subscriptions	83.4%2015-2019	91.8%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Improved	44%
Child poverty rate	20.3%2015-2019	16.9%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Improved	62%
Distance to an airport	13 mi2020	50 mi2025	+37 mi	Declined	1%
Drug overdose deaths	57.1 /100k2020	35.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−38%	Improved	67%
Effective property tax rate	2.47%2015-2019	1.45%2020-2024	−1 points	Improved	100%
Firearm deaths	6.9 /100k2020	7.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+13%	Declined	31%
Grocery stores	2.3 /10k2020	2.5 /10k2025	+9.7%	Improved	77%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.6 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−2.5%	Little change	33%
High school diploma or higher	87.0%2015-2019	90.8%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Improved	89%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	40%
Homicide rate	4.9 /100k2020	3.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−27%	Improved	52%
Income adjusted for local prices	$53,8972019	$68,8092024	+28%	Improved	20%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4722015-2019	0.4662020-2024	−0.006	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$62,1102015-2019	$82,1052020-2024	+32%	Improved	76%
New business applications	11.8 /1k2020	13.1 /1k2025	+12%	Improved	9%
Pharmacies	2.8 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	39%
Poverty rate	13.3%2015-2019	12.0%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Improved	60%
Property crime rate	1,961 /100k2020	2,153 /100k2025	+9.8%	Declined	3%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−11%	Declined	10%
Public transit commuters	5.5%2015-2019	3.4%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Declined	6%
Rent as share of income	34.3%2015-2019	33.4%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Rent-burdened households	59.2%2015-2019	56.5%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Restaurants and bars	18.2 /10k2020	18.5 /10k2025	+1.6%	Little change	52%
Suicide rate	11.3 /100k2020	13.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+17%	Declined	29%
Traffic deaths	12.7 /100k2015-2019	14.6 /100k2020-2024	+15%	Declined	35%
Unemployment rate	15.6%2020	7.3%2025	−8.3 points	Improved	100%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.5%2015-2019	8.0%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Improved	78%
Violent crime rate	233 /100k2020	316 /100k2025	+36%	Declined	7%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area 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, Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area itself moved −1.9 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

371,211 residents

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

154,441 households (±1,181)

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area
United States share

Under $25k14%21,427
$25k–50k17%26,575
$50k–75k15%22,653

Homes

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

Owners and renters

154,441 households (±1,181)

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area
United States share

Own72%111,334
Rent28%43,107

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.0 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

170,620 workers (±2,291)

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area
United States share

Drive alone73%123,890
Carpool8.8%14,992
Public transit3.4%5,800

Jobs and pay

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

The 10 largest occupations in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ employ 41,290 people. 8 pay a median above the US median and 2 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Waiters and Waitresses6,070 jobs	6,070	$38,160US $35,230	+8%	2.46×
Cashiers5,790 jobs	5,790	$34,100US $32,880	+4%	1.73×
Fast Food and Counter Workers5,510 jobs	5,510	$33,270US $31,200	+7%	1.32×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides4,250 jobs	4,250	$37,840US $35,800	+6%	0.91×
Retail Salespersons3,580 jobs	3,580	$35,360US $35,410	0%	0.85×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners3,440 jobs	3,440	$39,520US $36,840	+7%	1.44×
Registered Nurses3,400 jobs	3,400	$99,320US $97,550	+2%	0.93×
Cooks, Restaurant3,370 jobs	3,370	$40,250US $37,390	+8%	2.21×
Gambling Dealers3,010 jobs	3,010	$33,000US $34,320	−4%	33×
Security Guards2,870 jobs	2,870	$39,900US $38,020	+5%	2.06×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

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.

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ has 10,008 employer establishments, 270 for every 10,000 residents (1.09× the US rate of 248), with 134,825 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,089. The Census Bureau also counts 31,069 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 10,008; 31,069 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 270; US 248
Paid employees: 134,825
Average annual pay: $52,089; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	1,256	33.8	1.84×More than typical	15,418	$34,567	188
Specialty trade contractors	782	21.1	1.36×More than typical	5,321	$67,178	1,763
Ambulatory health care services	718	19.3	0.93×About typical	9,401	$73,547	1,315
Full-service restaurants	646	17.4	2.27×More than typical	10,287	$38,709	75
Services to buildings and dwellings	449	12.1	1.79×More than typical	2,230	$44,479	1,456
Lessors of real estate	409	11	0.89×About typical	2,133	$52,459	5,011
Construction of buildings	401	10.8	1.43×More than typical	1,783	$61,766	1,067
Limited-service restaurants	389	10.5	1.31×More than typical	3,714	$25,389	81
Clothing and accessories stores	325	8.8	2.41×More than typical	2,740	$26,335	392
Personal care services	317	8.5	1.79×More than typical	1,436	$25,581	830
Traveler accommodation	310	8.4	4.63×More than typical	24,114	$43,967	137
Building equipment contractors	306	8.2	1.37×More than typical	2,390	$69,007	341

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 371,220 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $838.6M on contracts performed in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area: $2,254 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $838.6M; +140% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,254; US $2,007
Sole-source: 6.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 4.1%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

U.S. Coast Guard$449.2M54%
Federal Aviation Administration$269.7M

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area: $7,436 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.8B; −3.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,436; US $12,975
Loan face value: $81.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.9B68%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$213.2M7.7%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$164.7M6.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$134.2M4.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$64.8M2.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$36.7M1.3%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$30.9M1.1%
14.850 · Public Housing Operating Fund$29.5M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION, NEW JERSEY DEPT OF$79.3M2.9%
TRENTON, NJ
ATLANTIC CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY & URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY$52.1M1.9%
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
STOCKTON UNIVERSITY$24.3M0.9%
ABSECON, NJ
ATLANTIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE$13M0.5%
MAYS LANDING, NJ
SOUTH JERSEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.3B83%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$189.8M6.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$80.1M2.9%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$58.3M2.1%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

2.4BFY2021
2.2BFY2022
2.4BFY2023
2.6BFY2024
2.9BFY2025
2.8BFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in New Jersey

Areas based in New Jersey, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved15

Declined10

Metro and micro areas like Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in New Jersey

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved15

Declined10

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

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Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Top buying agencies

By type

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards