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Howell township, Monmouth County, NJ

51,959 Population
60.3 square miles 862.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monmouth County: 43.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,944 ±$1,581 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monmouth County: $51,700 ±$725
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $42,745 ±$199
$105,082 ±$4,036 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Monmouth County: $99,733 ±$1,072
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $82,545 ±$400

4.9% ±1.4% (2,532  ±724) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Monmouth County: 6.9% 42,734 (±0.3% / ±2,044)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 10% 869,081 (±0.2% / ±15,206)

36.7 minutes ±1.3 (946,275  ±40,441) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Monmouth County: 35 10,317,695 (±0.5 / ±162,396)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32.2 133,166,730 (±0.1 / ±581,610)

Families

17,910 ±399 Number of households
  • Monmouth County: 235,362 ±1,187
  • New Jersey: 3,231,874 ±7,167
2.9 ±0.1 (51,837  ±89) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monmouth County: 2.6 615,455 (±0 / ±454)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,694,933 (±0)

4.9% ±1.4% (596  ±167) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Monmouth County: 4.3% 5,822 (±0.4% / ±471)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,738 (±0.1% / ±2,285)

Housing

18,853 ±448 Number of housing units
  • Monmouth County: 261,579 ±217
  • New Jersey: 3,616,614 ±596

$341,200 ±$5,550 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Monmouth County: $421,900 ±$3,369
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $335,600 ±$797

6.4% ±1.4% (3,310  ±703) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Monmouth County: 9.2% 56,482 (±0.4% / ±2,548.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 898,984 (±0.1% / ±11,270.3)

Social

95.4% ±2.8% (33,796  ±1,143.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monmouth County: 93.4% 407,273 (±0.9% / ±3,758.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.8% 5,520,448 (±0.3% / ±16,297.9)
40% ±1.9% (14,172  ±726.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monmouth County: 46% 200,708 (±0.6% / ±2,577.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 39.7% 2,440,951 (±0.2% / ±9,872.7)

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

13% ±1.3% (6,754  ±654) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Monmouth County: 13.7% 84,845 (±0.4% / ±2,340)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 22.4% 1,992,027 (±0.1% / ±11,424)

4.9% ±0.7% (1,953  ±267) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Monmouth County: 5% 24,383 (±0.2% / ±889)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 321,991 (±0.1% / ±3,253)
1,953 Total veterans ±267 1,840 Male ±254 113 Female ±58

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