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Franklin township, Somerset County, NJ

68,579 Population
46.2 square miles 1,485.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Somerset County: 42.5 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.1

Economics

$56,116 ±$5,113 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $67,395 ±$2,636
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $51,272 ±$483
$120,501 ±$7,340 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $135,577 ±$6,311
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $96,346 ±$1,114

5.3% ±3.4% (3,610  ±2,325) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 4.9% † 16,855 (±1.1% / ±3,612)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 882,045 (±0.4% / ±33,909)

33.2 minutes ±1.2 (954,660  ±58,511) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 31.3 4,630,220 (±0.6 / ±117,033)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

25,814 ±1,686 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 130,178 ±1,256
  • New Jersey: 3,516,978 ±9,044
2.6 ±0.2 (67,822  ±45) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 2.6 342,599 (±0 / ±204)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,092,231

5.8% ±5% (961  ±834) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 5% † 3,867 (±1.6% / ±1,214)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5% 105,942 (±0.3% / ±6,352)

Housing

26,888 ±1,821 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 133,429 ±91
  • New Jersey: 3,785,097 ±490

$423,300 ±$23,391 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $497,200 ±$14,498
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $428,900 ±$2,759

8.6% ±2.9% (5,856  ±1,984.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 9.9% † 33,946 (±1.6% / ±5,619.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 885,133 (±0.3% / ±28,013.2)

Social

90.4% ±6.5% (44,346  ±3,772.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Somerset County: 94.1% 231,962 (±3% / ±7,382.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,880,219 (±0.6% / ±38,924.2)
58.2% ±5.4% (28,565  ±2,941.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 59.4% 146,397 (±2.3% / ±5,721.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.5% 2,821,608 (±0.4% / ±26,260.5)

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

34.4% ±4.2% (23,566  ±2,903) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Somerset County: 26.7% 92,473
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.6% 2,181,082

5.1% ±1.8% (2,788  ±971) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Somerset County: 3.6% † 9,808 (±0.6% / ±1,575)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 279,664 (±0.1% / ±8,986)
2,788 Total veterans ±971 2,735 Male ±979 53 Female ±88

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