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Margate City city, Atlantic County, NJ

5,260 Population
1.4 square miles 3,714.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.9 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Atlantic County: 42.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$85,429 ±$10,644 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Atlantic County: $41,448 ±$1,078
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$114,417 ±$15,259 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Atlantic County: $76,819 ±$2,168
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

6.2% ±2.5% (325  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Atlantic County: 13.1% 35,247 (±0.9% / ±2,475)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

29.8 minutes ±1.9 (60,875  ±10,107) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Atlantic County: 25.3 2,948,500 (±0.5 / ±77,227)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

2,625 ±161 Number of households
  • Atlantic County: 108,712 ±934
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2 ±0.1 (5,251  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Atlantic County: 2.5 268,684 (±0 / ±200)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

1.2% ±2.1% (10  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Atlantic County: 5.7% † 3,393 (±1% / ±598)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

6,940 ±234 Number of housing units
  • Atlantic County: 132,102 ±128
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$645,200 ±$57,814 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Atlantic County: $272,700 ±$4,435
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

10% ±3.8% (523  ±198.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Atlantic County: 10.4% 28,176 (±0.8% / ±2,285.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

96.5% ±7.8% (3,926  ±357) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Atlantic County: 88.9% 171,315 (±1.6% / ±3,123.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
60.1% ±5.8% (2,443  ±258.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Atlantic County: 31.2% 60,079 (±1% / ±1,861.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

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

5.5% ±2% (288  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Atlantic County: 16.1% 44,342
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

4.5% ±1.6% (202  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Atlantic County: 5.5% 11,959 (±0.4% / ±828)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
202 Total veterans ±71 202 Male ±71 N/A Female ±19

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