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Chatham borough, Morris County, NJ

9,407 Population
2.3 square miles 4,014.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Morris County: 42.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$95,660 ±$8,429 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Morris County: $71,044 ±$1,025
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$241,500 ±$23,775 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Morris County: $137,326 ±$2,991
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

2.2% ±1% (203  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Morris County: 4.9% 24,928 (±0.4% / ±2,028)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

39.2 minutes ±6.7 (112,460  ±13,486) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Morris County: 29.8 6,249,405 (±0.4 / ±120,594)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

2,972 ±138 Number of households
  • Morris County: 193,245 ±705
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
3.2 ±0.2 (9,353  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Morris County: 2.6 505,785 (±0 / ±171)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

2.7% ±2.1% (56  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Morris County: 5% † 5,630 (±0.5% / ±572)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

3,010 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Morris County: 199,506 ±100
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$984,900 ±$44,602 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Morris County: $582,500 ±$5,640
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

10.2% ±3.1% (950  ±290.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morris County: 8.9% 45,242 (±0.6% / ±3,101.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

99.1% ±5.3% (5,695  ±407.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Morris County: 94.9% 347,957 (±1.1% / ±4,105.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
83.7% ±4.9% (4,811  ±359.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Morris County: 57.8% 211,897 (±0.8% / ±3,053.9)
  • nearly double 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

13.7% ±2.6% (1,290  ±246) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Morris County: 19.8% 101,789
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

3.2% ±1.2% (203  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Morris County: 3.4% 13,940 (±0.2% / ±866)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
203 Total veterans ±76 203 Male ±76 N/A Female ±20

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