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Margate City, NJ

5,234 Population
1.4 square miles 3,696.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 44.5 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$85,724 ±$10,611 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $45,232 ±$924
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$121,800 ±$16,675 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $82,105 ±$1,955
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.3% ±2.4% (332  ±123) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 12% 43,803 (±0.8% / ±3,000)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28 minutes ±2.7 (56,595  ±11,104) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 24.4 3,758,705 (±0.5 / ±100,982)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,570 ±168 Number of households
  • the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 154,441 ±1,181
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (5,224  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 2.4 363,547 (±0 / ±194)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.2% ±2% (9  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 5.4% † 4,106 (±0.8% / ±571)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,877 ±234 Number of housing units
  • the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 231,798 ±129
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$708,800 ±$74,471 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $331,700 ±$5,088
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±3.5% (535  ±182.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 10.1% 37,232 (±0.7% / ±2,730.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.9% ±8.3% (3,931  ±388.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 90.8% 242,596 (±1.4% / ±3,738.1)
  • a little 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)
57.7% ±6.4% (2,365  ±285.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 33.8% 90,348 (±0.8% / ±2,143.3)
  • about 1.3 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

6.5% ±2.3% (341  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 13% 48,249
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.5% ±1.3% (159  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 5.9% 17,351 (±0.3% / ±947)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
159 Total veterans ±58 159 Male ±58 N/A Female ±20

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