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Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ

12,384 Population
29.7 square miles 417.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Burlington County: 41.7 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,496 ±$1,893 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Burlington County: $53,829 ±$795
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,750 ±$12,385 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Burlington County: $108,111 ±$1,600
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.8% ±2.8% (401  ±199) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Burlington County: 6.7% 30,427 (±0.5% / ±2,322)
  • about three-fifths 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)

15.9 minutes ±2.1 (56,320  ±9,935) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Burlington County: 29.1 5,763,225 (±0.4 / ±103,244)
  • about half the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,111 ±233 Number of households
  • Burlington County: 177,222 ±741
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.3 ±0.2 (6,906  ±887) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Burlington County: 2.6 457,272 (±0 / ±400)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.8% ±3.9% (249  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Burlington County: 4.8% † 4,917 (±0.5% / ±495)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,536 ±236 Number of housing units
  • Burlington County: 186,315 ±188
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$-666,666,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in Burlington County: $354,000 ±$3,061
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • less than 10 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

37.5% ±6.4% (4,539  ±837.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Burlington County: 10.4% 48,262 (±0.6% / ±2,948.9)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.6% ±3.7% (6,790  ±494.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Burlington County: 94.3% 316,413 (±1.2% / ±4,081.4)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.1% ±3.3% (1,516  ±279.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Burlington County: 42.6% 142,736 (±0.8% / ±2,689.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • about half 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

11.7% ±1.5% (1,445  ±208) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Burlington County: 11% 51,551
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±1.6% (433  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Burlington County: 6.5% 23,954 (±0.3% / ±1,017)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
433 Total veterans ±114 296 Male ±100 137 Female ±77

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