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Fairfield township, Cumberland County, NJ

5,469 Population
41.1 square miles 133 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 37.6 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,078 ±$2,933 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cumberland County: $33,587 ±$2,440
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$61,506 ±$5,142 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cumberland County: $64,499 ±$1,963
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

8.4% ±1.6% (368  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Cumberland County: 16.3% 23,410 (±1.4% / ±2,049)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

25 minutes ±1.8 (43,860  ±5,105) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Cumberland County: 25 1,464,240 (±0.9 / ±59,230)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

1,607 ±118 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 53,341 ±486
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.7 ±0.2 (4,364  ±89) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cumberland County: 2.7 143,219 (±0 / ±366)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

8.5% ±3.5% (78  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Cumberland County: 4.3% † 1,398 (±1.2% / ±379)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

1,826 ±130 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 57,203 ±140
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$182,500 ±$7,456 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cumberland County: $205,600 ±$4,394
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

15.1% ±3.5% (815  ±190.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cumberland County: 9.4% † 14,355 (±1% / ±1,437.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

80.9% ±5.1% (3,190  ±241.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cumberland County: 81.3% 83,726 (±2.2% / ±2,234.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
9.3% ±1.7% (368  ±67.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Cumberland County: 17.9% 18,484 (±1% / ±1,018.7)
  • about one-fifth of 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

5.6% ±1.8% (306  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Cumberland County: 12.1% 18,523
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

5.5% ±1% (245  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cumberland County: 4.8% 5,587 (±0.4% / ±488)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
245 Total veterans ±45 204 Male ±38 41 Female ±28

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