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Rockaway township, Morris County, NJ

26,189 Population
41.7 square miles 627.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Morris County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$64,985 ±$4,223 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Morris County: $71,044 ±$1,025
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$141,868 ±$4,783 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Morris County: $137,326 ±$2,991
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

4% ±1.4% (1,055  ±374) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Morris County: 4.9% 24,928 (±0.4% / ±2,028)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

29.5 minutes ±1.7 (302,865  ±26,295) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Morris County: 29.8 6,249,405 (±0.4 / ±120,594)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

9,433 ±464 Number of households
  • Morris County: 193,245 ±705
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.8 ±0.1 (26,156  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Morris County: 2.6 505,785 (±0 / ±171)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

7.3% ±3% (401  ±169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Morris County: 5% † 5,630 (±0.5% / ±572)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

10,024 ±447 Number of housing units
  • Morris County: 199,506 ±100
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$466,500 ±$10,353 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Morris County: $582,500 ±$5,640
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

7.3% ±1.9% (1,885  ±492.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Morris County: 8.9% 45,242 (±0.6% / ±3,101.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

97.2% ±4.3% (18,318  ±981.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Morris County: 94.9% 347,957 (±1.1% / ±4,105.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
50.8% ±3% (9,574  ±628.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Morris County: 57.8% 211,897 (±0.8% / ±3,053.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

15.7% ±2.3% (4,102  ±603) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Morris County: 19.8% 101,789
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

3.8% ±0.8% (782  ±170) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morris County: 3.4% 13,940 (±0.2% / ±866)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
782 Total veterans ±170 764 Male ±170 18 Female ±20

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