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West Deptford township, Gloucester County, NJ

22,296 Population
15.4 square miles 1,451.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±3.4 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

$47,924 ±$3,244 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Gloucester County: $47,760 ±$711
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$89,283 ±$11,869 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gloucester County: $102,807 ±$2,467
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

6.9% ±1.9% (1,510  ±417) 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)

26.2 minutes ±0.4 (288,810  ±19,394) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gloucester County: 28.9 3,846,450 (±0.7 / ±110,060)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

9,241 ±513 Number of households
  • Gloucester County: 111,796 ±621
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.4 ±0.1 (22,194  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gloucester County: 2.7 298,359 (±0 / ±129)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

3.7% ±2% (198  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Gloucester County: 4.7% † 3,341 (±0.7% / ±487)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

9,665 ±525 Number of housing units
  • Gloucester County: 117,530 ±109
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$257,600 ±$14,492 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

9.8% ±2.4% (2,154  ±526.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Gloucester County: 10% 30,011 (±0.6% / ±1,883.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

95% ±5.5% (15,784  ±1,005.9) 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)
31.9% ±3.4% (5,302  ±576.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gloucester County: 35.8% 75,003 (±1% / ±2,025.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

5.1% ±1.6% (1,127  ±345) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gloucester County: 5.8% 17,545
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

5.5% ±1.2% (1,001  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gloucester County: 6.2% 14,927 (±0.3% / ±751)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
1,001 Total veterans ±214 928 Male ±205 73 Female ±66

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