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Jackson township, Ocean County, NJ

59,980 Population
99.2 square miles 604.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ocean County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$48,138 ±$2,085 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $44,947 ±$679
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$115,511 ±$8,158 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ocean County: $89,863 ±$1,555
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

7.9% ±1.5% (4,680  ±887) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ocean County: 10.5% 67,961 (±0.7% / ±4,340)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

32.8 minutes ±1.3 (799,090  ±47,499) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 30.1 7,257,265 (±0.5 / ±161,590)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

20,633 ±555 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 243,843 ±1,514
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.9 ±0.1 (59,480  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 2.7 647,346 (±0 / ±104)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

9.3% ±2.7% (1,090  ±317) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 8.3% 10,374 (±0.7% / ±891)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

21,943 ±628 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 296,357 ±123
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$485,700 ±$12,705 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $398,400 ±$3,284
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

8% ±1.6% (4,713  ±953.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 8% 51,864 (±0.4% / ±2,840.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

94.4% ±3.4% (37,286  ±1,550.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 93.5% 414,462 (±1.1% / ±5,018.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
38.5% ±2.4% (15,208  ±1,005.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 34.4% 152,506 (±0.7% / ±3,004)
  • about 90 percent of 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

9.1% ±1.6% (5,471  ±956) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 8% 52,456
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

5.2% ±0.7% (2,290  ±320) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 6.1% 29,973 (±0.2% / ±1,158)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
2,290 Total veterans ±320 2,175 Male ±301 115 Female ±95

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