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Monroe township, Gloucester County, NJ

37,391 Population
46.4 square miles 805.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Gloucester County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$45,496 ±$2,195 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Gloucester County: $47,760 ±$711
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$94,857 ±$8,042 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gloucester County: $102,807 ±$2,467
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

6.7% ±1.5% (2,492  ±569) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gloucester County: 7.6% 22,676 (±0.6% / ±1,843)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

33.5 minutes ±2.8 (566,200  ±57,087) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Gloucester County: 28.9 3,846,450 (±0.7 / ±110,060)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

13,996 ±520 Number of households
  • Gloucester County: 111,796 ±621
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.7 ±0.1 (37,178  ±81) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Gloucester County: 2.7 298,359 (±0 / ±129)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

3.6% ±1.5% (307  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Gloucester County: 4.7% † 3,341 (±0.7% / ±487)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

14,508 ±524 Number of housing units
  • Gloucester County: 117,530 ±109
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$264,600 ±$9,716 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gloucester County: $283,500 ±$2,851
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

8.8% ±1.9% (3,267  ±695.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gloucester County: 10% 30,011 (±0.6% / ±1,883.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

93.8% ±4.4% (24,405  ±1,303.5) 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)
28.6% ±2.5% (7,428  ±671.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gloucester County: 35.8% 75,003 (±1% / ±2,025.7)
  • about two-thirds 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

4% ±1.3% (1,492  ±489) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gloucester County: 5.8% 17,545
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

6.7% ±1.4% (1,976  ±422) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gloucester County: 6.2% 14,927 (±0.3% / ±751)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
1,976 Total veterans ±422 1,816 Male ±404 160 Female ±112

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