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Sparta township, Sussex County, NJ

19,903 Population
36.7 square miles 541.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Sussex County: 44.1 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$76,132 ±$5,269 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sussex County: $56,471 ±$1,723
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$167,371 ±$23,699 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sussex County: $114,316 ±$2,893
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

3.1% ±2.1% (617  ±416) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sussex County: 5.4% † 7,794 (±0.7% / ±933)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

37.9 minutes ±1.7 (315,460  ±27,284) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Sussex County: 36.3 2,384,780 (±0.4 / ±53,410)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

7,355 ±241 Number of households
  • Sussex County: 57,328 ±501
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.7 ±0.1 (19,817  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 2.5 143,420 (±0 / ±61)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

4.1% ±2% (177  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 4.6% † 1,387 (±0.8% / ±244)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

7,789 ±277 Number of housing units
  • Sussex County: 62,825 ±80
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$469,300 ±$15,653 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Sussex County: $342,800 ±$4,709
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

6% ±1.9% (1,192  ±383.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 7.6% † 10,984 (±0.8% / ±1,103.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

98.3% ±5.3% (13,428  ±808) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sussex County: 95.4% 100,826 (±1.9% / ±2,052)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
63.1% ±4.1% (8,613  ±609.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 40% 42,236 (±1.2% / ±1,266.3)
  • about 1.5 times 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

9.5% ±2% (1,891  ±402) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 8.6% 12,522
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

4.3% ±1% (650  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 4.9% 5,740 (±0.4% / ±456)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
650 Total veterans ±147 559 Male ±131 91 Female ±57

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