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Jackson township, Ocean County, NJ

58,793 Population
99.2 square miles 592.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ocean County: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$45,837 ±$1,976 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $42,497 ±$837
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$107,909 ±$5,796 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ocean County: $82,379 ±$1,455
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

7.4% ±1.5% (4,292  ±867) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ocean County: 10.5% 66,258 (±0.8% / ±5,005)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

34.6 minutes ±0.9 (879,670  ±45,349) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 30.8 7,474,940 (±0.4 / ±137,998)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

21,033 ±626 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 239,466 ±1,450
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.8 ±0.1 (58,437  ±44) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ocean County: 2.6 631,890 (±0 / ±130)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

8.7% ±2.5% (1,063  ±307) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 8% 9,702 (±0.7% / ±815)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

22,038 ±572 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 293,899 ±110
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$441,600 ±$8,539 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ocean County: $343,500 ±$3,096
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

9.3% ±1.8% (5,407  ±1,069.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 9.2% 57,874 (±0.5% / ±3,120.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

94.5% ±3.5% (37,688  ±1,589.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 93.2% 404,729 (±1.1% / ±4,790.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
38.7% ±2.5% (15,445  ±1,063.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 32.9% 143,133 (±0.7% / ±2,874.7)
  • about 90 percent of 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

8.8% ±1.5% (5,200  ±871) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 7.8% 49,602
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

5.5% ±0.9% (2,428  ±381) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 6.7% 32,332 (±0.2% / ±1,098)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
2,428 Total veterans ±381 2,357 Male ±375 71 Female ±58

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