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Atlantic

United States · GDP 2024
#265 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$19.4B
GDP growth
+4.6%
Jobs tracked
106,760
Employers
6,192
Avg. wage
$57.8k
Population
278,657
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$78.0k±$1.8k
Business applications
3,640 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Absecon BancorpFinancial Services$10.0M51D

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Food & accommodation43%
Health care22%
Retail trade19%
Construction7%
Admin & support5%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
278,657
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $63.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−23
International migration+6,289
Natural change−1,739

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$14.5B
2019
$13.8B
2020
$15.7B
2021
$17.3B
2022
$18.6B
2023
$19.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$295.0k±$5.1k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
17.1%±0.7%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
759 (2.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
93.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 100Winter weather 97Coastal flooding 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
600
2016
589
2017
615
2018
650
2019
685
2020
792
2021
936
2022
1050
2023
1147
2024
1236
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
53.7 km
I-295
Nearest freight rail
4.8 km
NJT
Nearest port
23.1 km
ATLANTIC CITY-FOREGIN-YACHTS&FISHING
Nearest commercial airport
7.6 km
ATLANTIC CITY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$57.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Westmoreland$19.4BSt. Joseph$19.5BBarnstable$19.3BYork$19.2BDelaware$19.1BGloucester$19.1B
The read

Atlantic's economy produced $19.4B in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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