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Berkeley Heights township, Union County, NJ

13,121 Population
6.2 square miles 2,109.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$90,794 ±$8,585 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $51,850 ±$787
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$198,750 ±$40,209 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Union County: $100,117 ±$2,051
  • about double the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

2% ±1.5% (261  ±194) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Union County: 8.9% 50,508 (±0.5% / ±2,709)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

36.6 minutes ±3.6 (172,205  ±24,057) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 30.7 7,651,370 (±0.5 / ±149,366)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

4,660 ±208 Number of households
  • Union County: 201,663 ±869
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.8 ±0.1 (12,874  ±180) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 2.8 566,298 (±0 / ±565)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

3.6% ±2.1% (92  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Union County: 5.2% 6,988 (±0.5% / ±626)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

4,843 ±266 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 211,269 ±329
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$709,600 ±$30,401 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $488,800 ±$4,723
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

6.7% ±2.3% (875  ±295.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Union County: 10% 56,599 (±0.7% / ±3,714.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

97.8% ±6.9% (9,299  ±737) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 86.3% 336,957 (±1.2% / ±4,550.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
74.2% ±6.3% (7,059  ±652.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Union County: 38.6% 150,614 (±0.8% / ±3,059.8)
  • more than 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

20.3% ±2.9% (2,662  ±377) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Union County: 32.9% 188,082
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

3% ±1% (303  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Union County: 2.8% 12,426 (±0.2% / ±819)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
303 Total veterans ±103 289 Male ±100 14 Female ±22

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