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Elk township, Gloucester County, NJ

4,408 Population
19.2 square miles 230.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gloucester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$51,417 ±$8,094 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gloucester County: $45,933 ±$758
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$145,431 ±$38,983 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Gloucester County: $99,668 ±$2,605
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

4.2% ±2.4% (184  ±104) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gloucester County: 7.5% 22,231 (±0.6% / ±1,652)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

27.5 minutes ±2 (52,910  ±8,182) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Gloucester County: 29.4 3,964,545 (±0.5 / ±97,170)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

1,436 ±151 Number of households
  • Gloucester County: 109,996 ±756
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
3 ±0.3 (4,321  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gloucester County: 2.7 297,086 (±0 / ±123)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,672 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Gloucester County: 117,041 ±179
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$294,000 ±$32,420 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gloucester County: $265,200 ±$3,148
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

5.1% ±3.5% (226  ±,155.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Gloucester County: 10.4% 31,210 (±0.7% / ±2,114.5)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

93.9% ±10.7% (2,891  ±,405.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gloucester County: 93.6% 194,437 (±1.5% / ±3,184.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
42% ±8.9% (1,293  ±,292.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gloucester County: 35.2% 73,060 (±0.9% / ±1,844.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

2.6% ±2.2% (115  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Gloucester County: 5.8% 17,604
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

7.8% ±3.9% (259  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Gloucester County: 6.3% 14,998 (±0.4% / ±835)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
259 Total veterans ±132 250 Male ±130 9 Female ±13

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