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Salem County, NJ

65,874 Population
331.9 square miles 198.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,729 ±$3,308 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$83,376 ±$9,005 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.9% ±4.3% (9,649  ±2,799) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.5 minutes ±1 (691,605  ±32,975) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

24,355 ±896 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.1 (64,528  ±104) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±2.3% (502  ±326) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

27,721 ±60 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$275,900 ±$21,584 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.7% ±2.3% (5,054  ±1,514.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.4% ±5.4% (41,965  ±2,627.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
24.4% ±3.2% (11,218  ±1,479.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.1% (1,349  ±724) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±1.2% (2,453  ±611) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,453 Total veterans ±611 2,302 Male ±583 151 Female ±120

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