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Berkeley township, Ocean County, NJ

44,634 Population
42.7 square miles 1,045.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Ocean County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,539 ±$5,994 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $44,947 ±$679
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,008 ±$3,346 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ocean County: $89,863 ±$1,555
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8% ±1.3% (3,535  ±570) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ocean County: 10.5% 67,961 (±0.7% / ±4,340)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.9 minutes ±2.1 (515,495  ±45,979) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 30.1 7,257,265 (±0.5 / ±161,590)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

21,950 ±658 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 243,843 ±1,514
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (44,074  ±25) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ocean County: 2.7 647,346 (±0 / ±104)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±2.3% (291  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ocean County: 8.3% 10,374 (±0.7% / ±891)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,860 ±644 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 296,357 ±123
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$310,000 ±$8,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ocean County: $398,400 ±$3,284
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±1.1% (2,953  ±503.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 8% 51,864 (±0.4% / ±2,840.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.2% ±3.5% (33,990  ±1,444.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ocean County: 93.5% 414,462 (±1.1% / ±5,018.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.2% ±1.8% (8,281  ±702.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ocean County: 34.4% 152,506 (±0.7% / ±3,004)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.6% ±1.4% (3,851  ±606) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 8% 52,456
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.6% ±1.2% (3,407  ±485) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ocean County: 6.1% 29,973 (±0.2% / ±1,158)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,407 Total veterans ±485 3,273 Male ±451 134 Female ±135

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