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.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Atco is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Atco is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Atco who work in office and administrative support (10.77%), management occupations (9.49%), and business and financial occupations (8.36%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.29% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Atco has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Atco has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Atco than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Atco may be for you. 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 31.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. In terms of college education, Atco is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.10% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Atco in 2022 was $46,581, 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 $186,324 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, Polish, and English. The most common language spoken in Atco is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
