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Elk township, Gloucester County, NJ

4,426 Population
19.2 square miles 231 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±2.4 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

$55,367 ±$7,624 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Gloucester County: $47,760 ±$711
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$144,470 ±$27,607 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Gloucester County: $102,807 ±$2,467
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

3.8% ±2.2% (170  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Gloucester County: 7.6% 22,676 (±0.6% / ±1,843)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

28.1 minutes ±1.6 (52,840  ±7,662) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Gloucester County: 28.9 3,846,450 (±0.7 / ±110,060)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

1,416 ±135 Number of households
  • Gloucester County: 111,796 ±621
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
3.1 ±0.3 (4,347  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Gloucester County: 2.7 298,359 (±0 / ±129)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

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

Housing

1,560 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Gloucester County: 117,530 ±109
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$320,100 ±$55,761 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gloucester County: $283,500 ±$2,851
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

4.6% ±3.2% (203  ±140) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Gloucester County: 10% 30,011 (±0.6% / ±1,883.9)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

94.9% ±9.4% (2,890  ±365.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gloucester County: 94% 197,021 (±1.6% / ±3,273)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
42% ±7.5% (1,280  ±248.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gloucester County: 35.8% 75,003 (±1% / ±2,025.7)
  • about the same as 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

3.4% ±3.2% (149  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gloucester County: 5.8% 17,545
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

7.8% ±4.1% (256  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Gloucester County: 6.2% 14,927 (±0.3% / ±751)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
256 Total veterans ±136 256 Male ±136 N/A Female ±14

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