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Sparta township, Sussex County, NJ

20,077 Population
36.7 square miles 546.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Sussex County: 43.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$75,855 ±$5,773 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sussex County: $57,252 ±$1,610
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$167,963 ±$21,913 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Sussex County: $116,186 ±$2,466
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4% ±2.4% (808  ±472) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Sussex County: 5.5% † 8,008 (±0.7% / ±1,034)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

37.5 minutes ±3 (302,830  ±34,450) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Sussex County: 36.3 2,363,505 (±0.8 / ±72,510)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,452 ±243 Number of households
  • Sussex County: 57,767 ±572
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (20,005  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 2.5 144,223 (±0 / ±92)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±2% (185  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 4.6% † 1,399 (±0.7% / ±208)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,837 ±282 Number of housing units
  • Sussex County: 62,865 ±76
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$484,200 ±$16,302 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sussex County: $369,400 ±$4,606
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.5% ±2.2% (1,294  ±434.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 7.8% † 11,226 (±0.8% / ±1,217)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.1% ±5.3% (13,392  ±824.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sussex County: 95.4% 101,402 (±1.9% / ±2,022.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
63.1% ±4.4% (8,604  ±646.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 40.3% 42,800 (±1.2% / ±1,317.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

10.3% ±1.9% (2,058  ±377) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 8.8% 12,757
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±1.1% (608  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 4.8% 5,683 (±0.4% / ±488)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
608 Total veterans ±167 535 Male ±150 73 Female ±61

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