Atco is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 9,058 people and two associated neighborhoods, Atco is the 216th largest community in New Jersey.Atco is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Atco is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Atco who work in office and administrative support (12.04%), sales jobs (9.90%), and healthcare (7.78%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Atco has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Atco a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Atco is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Atco, the average commute to work is 33.01 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of Atco are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.93% of adults in Atco having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Atco in 2022 was $43,157, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $172,628 for a family of four. However, Atco contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Atco is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Atco home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Atco residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Atco include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Atco is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
