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Dorothy, NJ

1,255 Population
5.8 square miles 214.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±11.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 44.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$50,749 ±$13,031 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $44,763 ±$872
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$104,102 ±$27,568 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $80,600 ±$1,803
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

11.7% ±11.6% (147  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 12% 43,416 (±0.7% / ±2,568)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

30.7 minutes ±7.2 (15,535  ±6,509) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 24.7 3,820,375 (±0.5 / ±93,438)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

581 ±137 Number of households
  • the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 153,081 ±1,264
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.2 ±0.7 (1,249  ±264) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 2.4 362,244 (±0 / ±218)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

632 ±149 Number of housing units
  • the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 231,727 ±181
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$306,900 ±$108,874 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $302,600 ±$5,290
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

2.6% ±3.9% (33  ±49.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 10.7% 39,274 (±0.7% / ±2,514.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

89.4% ±12.6% (960  ±258) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 90.4% 240,036 (±1.3% / ±3,550.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
24.2% ±12.7% (260  ±148.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 32.9% 87,271 (±0.8% / ±2,053.4)
  • about three-fifths of 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

6.1% ±6.4% (76  ±82) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 13.2% 48,889
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

16.6% ±8.6% (179  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 6% 17,753 (±0.3% / ±973)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
179 Total veterans ±101 143 Male ±92 36 Female ±40

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