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Somerset County, NJ

346,875 Population
301.9 square miles 1,149.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$67,395 ±$2,636 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $51,272 ±$483
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$135,577 ±$6,311 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $96,346 ±$1,114
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

4.9% ±1.1% (16,855  ±3,612) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 882,045 (±0.4% / ±33,909)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

29.6 minutes ±1.3 (4,124,595  ±235,754) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.3 116,394,656 (±0.3 / ±1,285,030)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

130,178 ±1,256 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,516,978 ±9,044
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.6 ±0 (342,599  ±204) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,092,231
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5% ±1.6% (3,867  ±1,214) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 5% 105,942 (±0.3% / ±6,352)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

133,429 ±91 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,785,097 ±490
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$497,200 ±$14,498 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $428,900 ±$2,759
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

9.9% ±1.6% (33,946  ±5,619.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 885,133 (±0.3% / ±28,013.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

94.1% ±3% (231,962  ±7,382.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,880,219 (±0.6% / ±38,924.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
59.4% ±2.3% (146,397  ±5,721.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.5% 2,821,608 (±0.4% / ±26,260.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

26.7% (92,473  ±5,072) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.6% 2,181,082
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

3.6% ±0.6% (9,808  ±1,575) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 279,664 (±0.1% / ±8,986)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
9,808 Total veterans ±1,575 9,262 Male ±1,515 546 Female ±333

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