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Washington township, Gloucester County, NJ

48,961 Population
21.3 square miles 2,293.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Gloucester County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$51,906 ±$2,005 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gloucester County: $47,760 ±$711
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$114,520 ±$7,583 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gloucester County: $102,807 ±$2,467
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

5% ±1.1% (2,425  ±553) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gloucester County: 7.6% 22,676 (±0.6% / ±1,843)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

30.2 minutes ±1.3 (633,845  ±42,029) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Gloucester County: 28.9 3,846,450 (±0.7 / ±110,060)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

18,329 ±446 Number of households
  • Gloucester County: 111,796 ±621
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.7 ±0.1 (48,755  ±59) 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

4.1% ±1.1% (432  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gloucester County: 4.7% † 3,341 (±0.7% / ±487)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

18,822 ±428 Number of housing units
  • Gloucester County: 117,530 ±109
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$309,700 ±$8,882 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

7.8% ±1.6% (3,802  ±791.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gloucester County: 10% 30,011 (±0.6% / ±1,883.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

96.3% ±3.3% (33,419  ±1,323.1) 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)
43.5% ±2.4% (15,114  ±900.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 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

6.2% ±1.4% (3,027  ±671) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gloucester County: 5.8% 17,545
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

7.3% ±0.9% (2,785  ±334) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gloucester County: 6.2% 14,927 (±0.3% / ±751)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
2,785 Total veterans ±334 2,558 Male ±330 227 Female ±84

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