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Jackson township, Ocean County, NJ

56,614 Population
99.2 square miles 570.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ocean County: 42.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,975 ±$1,251 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $34,784 ±$468
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $40,895 ±$197
$90,805 ±$4,852 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ocean County: $68,021 ±$975
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $79,363 ±$386

5.1% ±1.2% (2,863  ±680) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Ocean County: 10.8% 62,837 (±0.5% / ±3,142)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 10.4% 904,132 (±0.2% / ±13,835)

34.5 minutes ±1.2 (914,330  ±41,832) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 30.9 7,331,235 (±0.4 / ±117,483)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.8 130,635,610 (±0.1 / ±519,284)

Families

20,304 ±431 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 225,270 ±1,319
  • New Jersey: 3,213,362 ±6,651
2.8 ±0.1 (56,362  ±67) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 2.6 585,313 (±0 / ±522)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,697,059 (±0)

4.2% ±1.5% (545  ±192) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Ocean County: 7.6% 8,744 (±0.5% / ±584)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,729 (±0.1% / ±2,120)

Housing

21,522 ±453 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 282,075 ±239
  • New Jersey: 3,605,401 ±471

$350,400 ±$6,814 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ocean County: $272,900 ±$2,234
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $327,900 ±$841

10.2% ±1.9% (5,728  ±1,067.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 9.5% 55,638 (±0.5% / ±2,612.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 10.1% 891,243 (±0.1% / ±10,510.3)

Social

94.6% ±3% (36,879  ±1,278.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ocean County: 91.8% 373,755 (±0.9% / ±3,699.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.5% 5,488,429 (±0.3% / ±15,972)
31.4% ±1.8% (12,226  ±724.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 29.2% 118,698 (±0.6% / ±2,225)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 38.9% 2,384,056 (±0.2% / ±9,440.3)

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

8.5% ±1.3% (4,795  ±754) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 7.9% 46,813 (±0.3% / ±1,622)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 22.2% 1,968,060 (±0.1% / ±9,950)

7.4% ±0.9% (3,231  ±412) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 8.4% 37,637 (±0.2% / ±973)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 333,835 (±0.1% / ±3,178)
3,231 Total veterans ±412 3,063 Male ±389 168 Female ±90

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