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Elk township, Gloucester County, NJ

4,450 Population
19.2 square miles 232.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gloucester County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,530 ±$7,756 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gloucester County: $48,631 ±$915
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$141,382 ±$22,625 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Gloucester County: $105,115 ±$2,579
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

3.9% ±2.4% (175  ±107) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Gloucester County: 7.7% 23,125 (±0.6% / ±1,673)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

28 minutes ±1.4 (55,320  ±9,550) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Gloucester County: 28.2 3,669,230 (±0.5 / ±88,675)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

1,416 ±115 Number of households
  • Gloucester County: 112,545 ±623
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
3.1 ±0.3 (4,378  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Gloucester County: 2.7 300,247 (±0 / ±171)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

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

Housing

1,524 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Gloucester County: 117,915 ±117
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$350,400 ±$50,089 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gloucester County: $310,400 ±$4,245
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

2.7% ±2.1% (120  ±91.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Gloucester County: 9.5% 28,927 (±0.6% / ±1,955.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

95.6% ±10.9% (2,998  ±410.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gloucester County: 94% 199,023 (±1.5% / ±3,183.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
37.6% ±8% (1,180  ±267.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gloucester County: 36.8% 78,006 (±0.9% / ±1,990.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

2.5% ±2.5% (111  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Gloucester County: 6.1% 18,816
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

7.3% ±4.2% (240  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Gloucester County: 5.6% 13,495 (±0.4% / ±854)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
240 Total veterans ±141 240 Male ±141 N/A Female ±14

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