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 33.01 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The education level of Atco citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.93% of adults in Atco have at least a bachelor's 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.
