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Jackson township, Ocean County, NJ

56,501 Population
99.2 square miles 569.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±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: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$37,160 ±$1,361 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $33,312 ±$467
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $39,069 ±$182
$88,063 ±$5,015 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ocean County: $65,771 ±$928
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $76,475 ±$425

4.1% ±0.8% (2,271  ±437) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ocean County: 10.9% 63,181 (±0.5% / ±2,891)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 10.7% 938,252 (±0.1% / ±12,067)

34.3 minutes ±1.3 (911,990  ±44,977) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 30.7 7,217,365 (±0.4 / ±112,554)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.5 129,616,480 (±0.1 / ±516,416)

Families

20,243 ±383 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 223,135 ±1,354
  • New Jersey: 3,199,111 ±7,594
2.8 ±0.1 (56,203  ±176) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 2.6 582,889 (±0 / ±601)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,774,359 (±0)

3.3% ±1% (436  ±138) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Ocean County: 6.8% 7,973 (±0.4% / ±495)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 100,779 (±0.1% / ±2,275)

Housing

21,222 ±418 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 281,171 ±282
  • New Jersey: 3,595,055 ±1,051

$340,500 ±$7,519 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $267,900 ±$2,208
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $321,100 ±$871

9.4% ±1.7% (5,269  ±952.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Ocean County: 9.9% 57,514 (±0.5% / ±2,832)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 10% 883,937 (±0.1% / ±11,062)

Social

93.9% ±3.1% (36,989  ±1,360.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ocean County: 91.2% 370,237 (±1% / ±3,879.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.2% 5,496,917 (±0.3% / ±16,179.6)
30.6% ±1.8% (12,071  ±719.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 28.4% 115,279 (±0.5% / ±2,159)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 38.1% 2,347,836 (±0.2% / ±9,829.7)

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

8.9% ±1.2% (4,999  ±703) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 8% 47,260 (±0.3% / ±1,553)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 22.1% 1,979,156 (±0.1% / ±11,016)

8.5% ±0.9% (3,745  ±399) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Ocean County: 8.9% 39,940 (±0.2% / ±979)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 351,542 (±0.1% / ±3,627)
3,745 Total veterans ±399 3,438 Male ±373 307 Female ±147

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