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Wharton borough, Morris County, NJ

7,318 Population
2.1 square miles 3,519.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Morris County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,614 ±$7,235 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Morris County: $71,044 ±$1,025
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$85,767 ±$17,568 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Morris County: $137,326 ±$2,991
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

15.3% ±12% (1,117  ±877) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Morris County: 4.9% 24,928 (±0.4% / ±2,028)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

32.1 minutes ±4.9 (119,325  ±26,054) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Morris County: 29.8 6,249,405 (±0.4 / ±120,594)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

3,059 ±334 Number of households
  • Morris County: 193,245 ±705
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.4 ±0.3 (7,310  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Morris County: 2.6 505,785 (±0 / ±171)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

17.9% ±11.7% (309  ±212) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Morris County: 5% † 5,630 (±0.5% / ±572)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

3,059 ±334 Number of housing units
  • Morris County: 199,506 ±100
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$380,700 ±$31,603 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Morris County: $582,500 ±$5,640
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

11.8% ±5.5% (842  ±389.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Morris County: 8.9% 45,242 (±0.6% / ±3,101.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

88.8% ±10.7% (5,153  ±750.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Morris County: 94.9% 347,957 (±1.1% / ±4,105.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
28.8% ±6.9% (1,668  ±422.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Morris County: 57.8% 211,897 (±0.8% / ±3,053.9)
  • about two-thirds of 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

25.8% ±6.6% (1,885  ±484) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Morris County: 19.8% 101,789
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

6.6% ±3.9% (416  ±245) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Morris County: 3.4% 13,940 (±0.2% / ±866)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
416 Total veterans ±245 416 Male ±245 N/A Female ±20

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