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Sussex County, NJ

146,084 Population
518.5 square miles 281.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent 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

$56,363 ±$3,444 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $51,272 ±$483
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$113,640 ±$7,646 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $96,346 ±$1,114
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

6.1% ±2% (8,816  ±2,911) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 882,045 (±0.4% / ±33,909)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

36.6 minutes ±0.6 (2,443,565  ±61,398) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

58,885 ±1,087 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,516,978 ±9,044
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0.1 (144,209  ±183) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,092,231
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.9% ±1.9% (1,493  ±581) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than 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

62,848 ±86 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,785,097 ±490
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$352,100 ±$8,907 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $428,900 ±$2,759
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

8.8% ±1.9% (12,671  ±2,714.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 885,133 (±0.3% / ±28,013.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

95.3% ±4.1% (102,200  ±4,370.7) 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)
40.2% ±2.6% (43,116  ±2,840.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.5% 2,821,608 (±0.4% / ±26,260.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

8.6% (12,537  ±2,127) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 23.6% 2,181,082
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

4.6% ±0.8% (5,484  ±959) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 279,664 (±0.1% / ±8,986)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
5,484 Total veterans ±959 4,614 Male ±899 870 Female ±429

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