Absecon Highlands is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is in the eastern part of the county, in southern Galloway Township. It is bordered to the south by the city of Absecon and to the east by Reeds Bay, a tidal water body the connects to the Atlantic Ocean through Broad Creek and Absecon Inlet. The CDP includes the neighborhoods of Absecon Highlands, Seaview Estates, Seaview Park, Conovertown, and Holly Brook. As of the 2020 census, Absecon Highlands had a population of 1,414.
U.S. Route 9 (New York Road) is the main road through the community; it leads north to the Garden State Parkway in Port Republic and south through Absecon to the Atlantic City Expressway in Pleasantville.
The community was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
Absecon Highlands was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
The CDP is within two school districts: Galloway Township School District (elementary) and Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District. The zoned high school for Galloway Township is Absegami High School, which is a part of the Greater Egg Harbor district.