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Howell township, Monmouth County, NJ

53,661 Population
60.3 square miles 890.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Monmouth County: 43.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,054 ±$2,317 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monmouth County: $65,545 ±$1,073
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$129,855 ±$8,322 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Monmouth County: $122,727 ±$2,148
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

6.4% ±1.7% (3,438  ±899) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Monmouth County: 6.4% 40,958 (±0.4% / ±2,569)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

33.4 minutes ±2.6 (748,345  ±39,922) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Monmouth County: 32.8 8,857,850 (±0.4 / ±154,078)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

19,095 ±506 Number of households
  • Monmouth County: 250,195 ±963
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.8 ±0.1 (53,491  ±59) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monmouth County: 2.6 637,002 (±0 / ±122)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

4.3% ±1.3% (495  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monmouth County: 4.9% † 6,756 (±0.5% / ±709)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

19,628 ±522 Number of housing units
  • Monmouth County: 269,728 ±101
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$465,900 ±$13,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monmouth County: $566,500 ±$5,868
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

8% ±1.8% (4,265  ±936.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Monmouth County: 8.3% 52,958 (±0.4% / ±2,667.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

94.5% ±3.2% (34,782  ±1,402.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monmouth County: 94.2% 428,967 (±1% / ±4,740.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
44.1% ±2.5% (16,210  ±969.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monmouth County: 50.6% 230,464 (±0.7% / ±3,362.2)
  • a little higher than 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

13.6% ±1.6% (7,314  ±880) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Monmouth County: 13.6% 87,365
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

3.8% ±0.7% (1,554  ±274) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monmouth County: 4.2% 21,179 (±0.2% / ±1,082)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
1,554 Total veterans ±274 1,534 Male ±266 20 Female ±25

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