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Mays Landing, NJ

6,178 Population
5.6 square miles 1,094.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±6.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 44.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$43,972 ±$7,211 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $44,763 ±$872
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$80,777 ±$13,050 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $80,600 ±$1,803
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

3.2% ±2.9% (174  ±164) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 12% 43,416 (±0.7% / ±2,568)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

35.9 minutes ±11.8 (94,410  ±38,086) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 24.7 3,820,375 (±0.5 / ±93,438)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

2,446 ±387 Number of households
  • the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 153,081 ±1,264
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.3 ±0.3 (5,513  ±1,111) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 2.4 362,244 (±0 / ±218)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

6% ±7.1% (70  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 5.9% † 4,470 (±1% / ±733)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

2,518 ±377 Number of housing units
  • the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 231,727 ±181
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$236,500 ±$15,362 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $302,600 ±$5,290
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

11.5% ±4.4% (690  ±286.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 10.7% 39,274 (±0.7% / ±2,514.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

92.8% ±19.3% (4,162  ±607.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
35.8% ±6.8% (1,608  ±387.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 32.9% 87,271 (±0.8% / ±2,053.4)
  • about 80 percent 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

13.5% ±7.5% (831  ±489) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 13.2% 48,889
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

3.5% ±1.7% (170  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 6% 17,753 (±0.3% / ±973)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
170 Total veterans ±85 157 Male ±74 13 Female ±23

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