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Berkeley township, Ocean County, NJ

44,222 Population
42.7 square miles 1,035.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Ocean County: 41.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$48,357 ±$5,834 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $43,900 ±$694
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$63,946 ±$4,190 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ocean County: $86,411 ±$1,630
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

8% ±1.3% (3,481  ±587) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ocean County: 10.4% 66,599 (±0.8% / ±4,765)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

34.3 minutes ±2.1 (505,900  ±43,193) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 30.7 7,388,065 (±0.5 / ±151,276)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

21,698 ±699 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 241,521 ±1,413
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2 ±0.1 (43,650  ±39) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ocean County: 2.7 639,562 (±0 / ±122)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

4.5% ±2.2% (261  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ocean County: 7.5% 9,316 (±0.7% / ±862)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

24,871 ±631 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 295,201 ±114
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$277,200 ±$6,817 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ocean County: $366,600 ±$3,904
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

6.6% ±1.1% (2,923  ±489.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ocean County: 9.2% 58,352 (±0.5% / ±3,362.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

91% ±3.2% (33,381  ±1,305) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ocean County: 93.3% 409,252 (±1.1% / ±4,701.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
22.4% ±1.8% (8,220  ±661.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ocean County: 33.7% 147,739 (±0.6% / ±2,786.3)
  • about half 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

8.5% ±1.3% (3,747  ±581) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Ocean County: 8% 51,464
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

9.3% ±1.2% (3,588  ±449) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ocean County: 6.5% 31,269 (±0.2% / ±1,074)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
3,588 Total veterans ±449 3,424 Male ±434 164 Female ±119

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