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Lakewood township, Ocean County, NJ

141,995 Population
24.7 square miles 5,753.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

19.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about half the figure in Ocean County: 40.8 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,927 ±$2,386 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Ocean County: $45,080 ±$1,260
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
$78,532 ±$12,418 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ocean County: $96,430 ±$4,837
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997

18.4% ±5% (25,613  ±6,928) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Ocean County: 9.1% † 60,096 (±1.2% / ±7,861)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)

24.3 minutes ±1.7 (782,405  ±68,297) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ocean County: 30.1 7,257,265 (±0.5 / ±161,590)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

31,447 ±2,566 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 247,985 ±3,853
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
4.5 ±0.4 (140,003  ±93) Persons per household
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Ocean County: 2.7 659,305 (±0 / ±123)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098

19.9% ±4.9% (5,703  ±1,467) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Ocean County: 9.7% † 12,395 (±1.6% / ±2,090)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)

Housing

34,237 ±2,661 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 298,735 ±92
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877

$572,500 ±$86,721 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $452,900 ±$9,606
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982

5.2% ±1.9% (7,066  ±2,564.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 5.6% † 36,749 (±0.8% / ±5,035.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)

Social

88.1% ±5.4% (51,044  ±4,404.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ocean County: 93.7% 422,577 (±2.2% / ±10,017.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
34.6% ±4.1% (20,039  ±2,648) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ocean County: 36.2% 163,493 (±1.4% / ±6,268.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)

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

8.8% ±2.1% (12,481  ±2,912) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 7.5% 49,721
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424

1.8% ±1% (1,328  ±720) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Ocean County: 5.1% 25,513 (±0.5% / ±2,478)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
1,328 Total veterans ±720 978 Male ±591 350 Female ±374

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