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Franklin township, Somerset County, NJ

68,237 Population
46.2 square miles 1,478 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±4.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 41.9 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$62,237 ±$5,894 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $69,208 ±$2,850
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$118,329 ±$20,176 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $142,092 ±$7,340
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

6% ±2.9% (4,072  ±1,972) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 5.3% † 18,252 (±1.2% / ±4,144)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

33.8 minutes ±1.6 (986,380  ±66,172) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 31.5 4,580,205 (±0.4 / ±100,261)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

28,354 ±1,500 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 132,047 ±1,123
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
2.4 ±0.1 (67,536  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 2.6 344,660 (±0 / ±367)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744

7% ±4.9% (1,087  ±765) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 5.6% † 4,417 (±1.6% / ±1,273)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

28,689 ±1,532 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 134,729 ±172
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$454,800 ±$19,315 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $556,600 ±$17,649
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

9.3% ±3.2% (6,259  ±2,128.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 7.9% † 27,366 (±1.2% / ±4,198.2)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

94.2% ±7.4% (49,882  ±4,312.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 94.3% 235,369 (±3% / ±7,508)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
53.1% ±5.7% (28,123  ±3,182.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 58% 144,818 (±2.2% / ±5,438.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)

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

31.5% ±5.1% (21,523  ±3,474) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 28.1% 98,156
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431

2.9% ±1.4% (1,665  ±807) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 2.5% † 6,961 (±0.5% / ±1,312)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
1,665 Total veterans ±807 1,289 Male ±582 376 Female ±548

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