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Raritan township, Hunterdon County, NJ

24,361 Population
37.5 square miles 649.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hunterdon County: 46.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent 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

$79,932 ±$6,145 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hunterdon County: $72,227 ±$2,148
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$165,174 ±$15,459 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hunterdon County: $141,715 ±$3,618
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.4% ±1.1% (813  ±271) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hunterdon County: 4% † 5,113 (±0.5% / ±649)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.5 minutes ±2.4 (332,270  ±34,079) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Hunterdon County: 33 1,702,505 (±0.8 / ±65,404)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,241 ±331 Number of households
  • Hunterdon County: 50,860 ±274
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (24,044  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hunterdon County: 2.5 127,517 (±0 / ±157)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±2.3% (263  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Hunterdon County: 4.5% † 1,208 (±0.9% / ±238)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

9,331 ±333 Number of housing units
  • Hunterdon County: 52,115 ±104
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$564,300 ±$21,410 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hunterdon County: $517,200 ±$12,844
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.9% ±2% (1,906  ±471.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hunterdon County: 8.8% † 11,317 (±1% / ±1,307)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±4.5% (16,921  ±886.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hunterdon County: 96.3% 91,554 (±2% / ±1,939.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
67.1% ±3.7% (11,748  ±710.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hunterdon County: 57.4% 54,556 (±1.4% / ±1,373.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • nearly double 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

13.4% ±2% (3,273  ±482) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hunterdon County: 10.6% 13,793
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.9% ±1% (555  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hunterdon County: 4.6% 4,863 (±0.4% / ±377)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
555 Total veterans ±185 522 Male ±176 33 Female ±41

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