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Carneys Point township, Salem County, NJ

8,611 Population
16.9 square miles 509.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Salem County: 41.9 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,337 ±$2,734 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Salem County: $39,397 ±$1,200
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$74,925 ±$4,500 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Salem County: $78,412 ±$3,254
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

11.1% ±3.5% (923  ±288) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Salem County: 12.8% † 8,131 (±1.6% / ±1,000)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

23.2 minutes ±1.8 (88,565  ±10,601) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Salem County: 26.3 681,505 (±0.9 / ±32,437)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

3,641 ±224 Number of households
  • Salem County: 24,881 ±323
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.3 ±0.1 (8,291  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Salem County: 2.6 63,569 (±0 / ±109)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

1.5% ±1.7% (26  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Salem County: 5.6% † 769 (±1.6% / ±219)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

4,047 ±284 Number of housing units
  • Salem County: 27,740 ±129
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$185,400 ±$8,906 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Salem County: $223,000 ±$6,636
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

7.7% ±2.5% (666  ±215.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Salem County: 9.4% † 6,049 (±1.2% / ±758.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

89% ±6.4% (5,752  ±484.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Salem County: 90.1% 40,868 (±2.5% / ±1,154.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
18.4% ±3.6% (1,191  ±238.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Salem County: 24% 10,877 (±1.4% / ±611.9)
  • about two-fifths of 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

5.9% ±2.2% (505  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Salem County: 3% 1,972
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

6.6% ±2% (472  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Salem County: 6.5% 3,306 (±0.6% / ±323)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
472 Total veterans ±140 427 Male ±130 45 Female ±44

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