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Lakewood township, Ocean County, NJ

139,851 Population
24.7 square miles 5,666.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

18 ±1.6 Median age
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Ocean County: 41.1 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$24,568 ±$3,413 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ocean County: $42,910 ±$1,494
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$69,521 ±$9,320 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ocean County: $85,464 ±$3,341
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

20.2% ±5.6% (27,660  ±7,610) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Ocean County: 10.3% † 66,941 (±1.4% / ±9,209)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

25.3 minutes ±1.8 (803,430  ±69,018) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ocean County: 30.7 7,388,065 (±0.5 / ±151,276)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

30,548 ±1,754 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 245,827 ±3,731
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
4.5 ±0.3 (137,998  ±74) Persons per household
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Ocean County: 2.7 652,226 (±0 / ±122)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744

14.2% ±3.5% (4,390  ±1,124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Ocean County: 7.3% † 9,093 (±1.4% / ±1,694)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

32,435 ±1,770 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 296,757 ±67
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$444,600 ±$122,785 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $408,000 ±$10,004
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

7.1% ±2.9% (9,638  ±3,896.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 7.7% † 50,391 (±1% / ±6,609.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

91.7% ±6.1% (51,521  ±4,258.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 93.5% 417,033 (±2.3% / ±10,287)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
36.8% ±4.6% (20,682  ±2,773.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 34.3% 152,893 (±1.4% / ±6,030.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)

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

9.2% ±2.5% (12,819  ±3,425) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 8.5% 56,104
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431

1.7% ±0.8% (1,152  ±557) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ocean County: 6% 29,625 (±0.6% / ±2,712)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
1,152 Total veterans ±557 1,097 Male ±544 55 Female ±93

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