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Morristown town, Morris County, NJ

20,256 Population
2.9 square miles 6,962.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Morris County: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$66,773 ±$5,846 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Morris County: $69,226 ±$1,093
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$115,409 ±$11,388 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Morris County: $134,929 ±$2,240
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

9.2% ±3.5% (1,839  ±702) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Morris County: 5.1% 25,572 (±0.4% / ±2,123)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

24.4 minutes ±0.1 (243,225  ±16,299) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Morris County: 30.1 6,422,175 (±0.4 / ±119,357)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

8,907 ±552 Number of households
  • Morris County: 191,840 ±754
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.2 ±0.1 (19,800  ±55) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Morris County: 2.6 501,472 (±0 / ±167)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

5.4% ±2.9% (312  ±169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Morris County: 5.1% † 5,734 (±0.6% / ±659)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

9,318 ±619 Number of housing units
  • Morris County: 198,611 ±121
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$552,800 ±$32,253 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Morris County: $557,000 ±$6,340
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

17.6% ±3.1% (3,512  ±613.8) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Morris County: 8.7% 44,137 (±0.6% / ±2,937.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

90.4% ±5.5% (13,360  ±957.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Morris County: 95.1% 344,618 (±1.1% / ±4,107.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
57.5% ±4.1% (8,499  ±688.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Morris County: 57.3% 207,434 (±0.8% / ±2,918.8)
  • about 1.3 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

20.9% ±4.3% (4,228  ±861) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Morris County: 19.6% 100,222
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

1.9% ±1% (326  ±169) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Morris County: 3.5% 14,313 (±0.2% / ±912)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
326 Total veterans ±169 279 Male ±131 47 Female ±56

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