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Raritan township, Hunterdon County, NJ

23,957 Population
37.5 square miles 639.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hunterdon County: 46.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$78,885 ±$4,929 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hunterdon County: $71,070 ±$2,259
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$159,808 ±$14,685 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hunterdon County: $139,453 ±$3,573
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

2.9% ±1.1% (698  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hunterdon County: 3.9% † 4,894 (±0.5% / ±667)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

31.3 minutes ±2.1 (320,270  ±30,397) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hunterdon County: 33.6 1,787,660 (±0.6 / ±58,080)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

8,988 ±351 Number of households
  • Hunterdon County: 50,322 ±324
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.6 ±0.1 (23,653  ±80) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hunterdon County: 2.5 126,579 (±0 / ±178)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

4.2% ±2.3% (239  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hunterdon County: 4.6% † 1,230 (±0.9% / ±249)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

9,136 ±371 Number of housing units
  • Hunterdon County: 51,908 ±81
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$544,800 ±$17,249 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hunterdon County: $498,800 ±$9,233
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

8.4% ±2% (1,998  ±472.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hunterdon County: 9.3% † 11,977 (±1.1% / ±1,405.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

96% ±4.2% (16,270  ±852.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hunterdon County: 95.8% 90,355 (±2.1% / ±1,965.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
66.3% ±3.4% (11,242  ±664.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hunterdon County: 56.5% 53,286 (±1.6% / ±1,461.4)
  • about 1.5 times 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

14.3% ±2.3% (3,434  ±548) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hunterdon County: 11.2% 14,444
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

2.9% ±0.9% (540  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hunterdon County: 4.6% † 4,774 (±0.5% / ±488)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
540 Total veterans ±168 525 Male ±166 15 Female ±17

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