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Upper township, Cape May County, NJ

12,562 Population
62 square miles 202.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cape May County: 50.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$51,189 ±$2,744 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cape May County: $51,344 ±$1,698
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$106,822 ±$6,342 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cape May County: $83,870 ±$3,707
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

1.8% ±0.7% (221  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Cape May County: 9% † 8,443 (±1.3% / ±1,223)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

25.4 minutes ±1.9 (153,655  ±14,036) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cape May County: 22.4 873,440 (±0.8 / ±39,865)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

5,173 ±229 Number of households
  • Cape May County: 43,277 ±734
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.4 ±0.1 (12,554  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cape May County: 2.2 93,649 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

6.9% ±3.6% (172  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cape May County: 6.3% † 1,056 (±2.1% / ±350)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

6,599 ±288 Number of housing units
  • Cape May County: 99,525 ±82
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$362,500 ±$16,494 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Cape May County: $372,300 ±$8,609
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

7.9% ±2.8% (988  ±,352.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cape May County: 12.1% † 11,481 (±1.2% / ±1,163.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

98.8% ±6.3% (8,971  ±670) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cape May County: 93.9% 68,120 (±2.3% / ±1,719.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
46.1% ±4.1% (4,186  ±408) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cape May County: 35.9% 26,003 (±1.4% / ±,989.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

2.3% ±1.1% (289  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Cape May County: 4.8% 4,534
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

7.2% ±1.6% (703  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cape May County: 8.1% 6,284 (±0.6% / ±485)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
703 Total veterans ±155 625 Male ±148 78 Female ±59

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