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Rockaway borough, Morris County, NJ

6,589 Population
2.1 square miles 3,174.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±4.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Morris County: 42.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$51,856 ±$7,806 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Morris County: $67,555 ±$1,164
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$93,750 ±$31,288 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Morris County: $130,808 ±$2,727
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

7% ±4.2% (459  ±276) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Morris County: 5% † 24,800 (±0.5% / ±2,538)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

26.3 minutes ±1.7 (83,535  ±11,587) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Morris County: 30.2 6,562,960 (±0.4 / ±116,863)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

2,641 ±276 Number of households
  • Morris County: 189,607 ±775
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.5 ±0.3 (6,574  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Morris County: 2.6 499,833 (±0 / ±174)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

1.6% ±2.5% (23  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Morris County: 4.8% † 5,378 (±0.6% / ±638)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

2,674 ±287 Number of housing units
  • Morris County: 197,541 ±186
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$395,500 ±$27,125 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Morris County: $531,800 ±$7,184
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

10.3% ±4.3% (679  ±,280.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morris County: 9.1% 46,121 (±0.6% / ±2,925.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

92.6% ±11.5% (4,293  ±,617.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Morris County: 95.1% 342,086 (±1.2% / ±4,160.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
42.6% ±6.4% (1,975  ±,329.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Morris County: 57.1% 205,599 (±0.9% / ±3,073.3)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

20.3% ±5.3% (1,339  ±347) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Morris County: 19.3% 98,403
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

3.9% ±2.1% (205  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Morris County: 3.8% 15,272 (±0.2% / ±847)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
205 Total veterans ±112 189 Male ±110 16 Female ±34

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