Census Reporter

Jackson township, Ocean County, NJ

56,968 Population
99.2 square miles 574.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ocean County: 42.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,544 ±$1,181 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $36,100 ±$435
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $42,745 ±$199
$95,069 ±$3,729 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ocean County: $70,909 ±$873
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $82,545 ±$400

5.4% ±1.3% (3,045  ±708) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Ocean County: 10.1% 59,463 (±0.7% / ±3,972)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 10% 869,081 (±0.2% / ±15,206)

35.3 minutes ±1.3 (955,625  ±47,405) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 31.3 7,532,810 (±0.3 / ±108,344)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32.2 133,166,730 (±0.1 / ±581,610)

Families

20,498 ±461 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 226,160 ±1,486
  • New Jersey: 3,231,874 ±7,167
2.8 ±0.1 (56,728  ±54) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ocean County: 2.6 589,805 (±0 / ±515)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,694,933 (±0)

4.7% ±1.2% (602  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ocean County: 7.4% 8,576 (±0.6% / ±667)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,738 (±0.1% / ±2,285)

Housing

21,838 ±466 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 283,297 ±319
  • New Jersey: 3,616,614 ±596

$361,600 ±$8,117 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ocean County: $279,000 ±$1,767
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $335,600 ±$797

11.3% ±2.2% (6,360  ±1,253.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 9.8% 57,887 (±0.5% / ±2,746.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 898,984 (±0.1% / ±11,270.3)

Social

94.7% ±3% (37,235  ±1,296.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ocean County: 92% 376,920 (±0.8% / ±3,442.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.8% 5,520,448 (±0.3% / ±16,297.9)
33.3% ±1.9% (13,089  ±786.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 30% 122,732 (±0.5% / ±1,986.9)
  • about 80 percent of 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

7.7% ±1.1% (4,411  ±640) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 7.8% 46,382 (±0.3% / ±1,840)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 22.4% 1,992,027 (±0.1% / ±11,424)

6.9% ±0.8% (3,035  ±340) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 7.9% 35,973 (±0.2% / ±937)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 321,991 (±0.1% / ±3,253)
3,035 Total veterans ±340 2,921 Male ±318 114 Female ±82

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