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Little Egg Harbor township, Ocean County, NJ

20,901 Population
47.3 square miles 441.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.6 ±3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$46,146 ±$5,715 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $42,497 ±$837
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$84,325 ±$5,155 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Ocean County: $82,379 ±$1,455
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

9% ±2.6% (1,834  ±523) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 10.5% 66,258 (±0.8% / ±5,005)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

33.1 minutes ±1.8 (288,640  ±24,842) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 30.8 7,474,940 (±0.4 / ±137,998)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

8,796 ±388 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 239,466 ±1,450
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.3 ±0.1 (20,602  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ocean County: 2.6 631,890 (±0 / ±130)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

4.1% ±2.4% (140  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Ocean County: 8% 9,702 (±0.7% / ±815)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

10,975 ±463 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 293,899 ±110
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$292,500 ±$16,741 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ocean County: $343,500 ±$3,096
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

9.3% ±2.4% (1,921  ±,505.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 9.2% 57,874 (±0.5% / ±3,120.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

95.3% ±4.6% (15,327  ±,921.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 93.2% 404,729 (±1.1% / ±4,790.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
26% ±2.7% (4,177  ±,456.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 32.9% 143,133 (±0.7% / ±2,874.7)
  • about three-fifths of 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

4.7% ±1.4% (974  ±302) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ocean County: 7.8% 49,602
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

9.4% ±1.6% (1,634  ±289) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ocean County: 6.7% 32,332 (±0.2% / ±1,098)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
1,634 Total veterans ±289 1,519 Male ±283 115 Female ±69

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