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Howell township, Monmouth County, NJ

53,926 Population
60.3 square miles 894.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monmouth County: 43.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$55,296 ±$2,839 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monmouth County: $66,696 ±$972
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$134,854 ±$7,094 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Monmouth County: $124,845 ±$2,115
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

6.9% ±1.5% (3,688  ±821) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Monmouth County: 6.5% 41,441 (±0.4% / ±2,364)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

31.9 minutes ±0.6 (705,760  ±39,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Monmouth County: 32.1 8,442,360 (±0.4 / ±148,960)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

19,134 ±548 Number of households
  • Monmouth County: 251,712 ±1,121
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.8 ±0.1 (53,739  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monmouth County: 2.5 638,630 (±0 / ±110)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

4.9% ±1.6% (585  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Monmouth County: 4.9% † 6,720 (±0.6% / ±799)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

19,613 ±549 Number of housing units
  • Monmouth County: 270,415 ±215
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$507,200 ±$16,585 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monmouth County: $606,100 ±$5,540
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

10.7% ±2.4% (5,748  ±1,289.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Monmouth County: 8.4% 53,927 (±0.4% / ±2,777.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

94.8% ±3.5% (35,179  ±1,468.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monmouth County: 94.2% 431,368 (±1.1% / ±4,907.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
45.7% ±2.7% (16,978  ±1,049) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monmouth County: 51.3% 235,034 (±0.7% / ±3,356.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

14.2% ±1.9% (7,680  ±1,033) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Monmouth County: 13.6% 87,843
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

3.7% ±0.7% (1,512  ±288) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monmouth County: 4% 20,507 (±0.2% / ±1,152)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
1,512 Total veterans ±288 1,501 Male ±286 11 Female ±14

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