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West Deptford township, Gloucester County, NJ

22,416 Population
15.4 square miles 1,459.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±2.6 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
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,316 ±$2,989 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Gloucester County: $48,631 ±$915
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$93,895 ±$9,430 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gloucester County: $105,115 ±$2,579
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.9% ±2.1% (1,516  ±472) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gloucester County: 7.7% 23,125 (±0.6% / ±1,673)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.5 minutes ±0.7 (286,445  ±20,855) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gloucester County: 28.2 3,669,230 (±0.5 / ±88,675)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,233 ±549 Number of households
  • Gloucester County: 112,545 ±623
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (22,301  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gloucester County: 2.7 300,247 (±0 / ±171)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±2.2% (267  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Gloucester County: 5% † 3,585 (±0.7% / ±511)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,525 ±563 Number of housing units
  • Gloucester County: 117,915 ±117
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$294,200 ±$13,654 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Gloucester County: $310,400 ±$4,245
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±2.6% (2,032  ±582.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Gloucester County: 9.5% 28,927 (±0.6% / ±1,955.4)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±6% (15,871  ±1,059) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.5% ±3.5% (5,788  ±599.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Gloucester County: 36.8% 78,006 (±0.9% / ±1,990.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6% ±2.2% (1,342  ±493) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Gloucester County: 6.1% 18,816
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±1% (887  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gloucester County: 5.6% 13,495 (±0.4% / ±854)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
887 Total veterans ±190 830 Male ±193 57 Female ±63

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