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Lakewood township, Ocean County, NJ

138,066 Population
24.7 square miles 5,594.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

17.3 ±1.7 Median age
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Ocean County: 41.5 ±0.5
  • about two-fifths of the figure in New Jersey: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$17,290 ±$2,446 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Ocean County: $39,055 ±$1,395
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $47,338 ±$418
$46,924 ±$6,282 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ocean County: $75,719 ±$2,252
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $89,296 ±$1,088

32.8% ±7.3% (44,747  ±10,022) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Ocean County: 12.2% † 78,528 (±1.9% / ±12,182)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,602 (±0.3% / ±29,531)

23.8 minutes ±1.3 (728,710  ±53,763) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ocean County: 30.6 7,477,090 (±0.6 / ±168,348)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 31.5 126,284,970 (±0.1 / ±619,819)

Families

32,172 ±2,804 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 240,736 ±3,262
  • New Jersey: 3,497,945 ±8,126
4.2 ±0.4 (136,229  ±940) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Ocean County: 2.7 642,345 (±0 / ±1,309)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,084,234 (±0)

18.7% ±5.6% (4,894  ±1,501) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Ocean County: 9.4% † 11,716 (±1.8% / ±2,206)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 5.3% 110,927 (±0.3% / ±6,041)

Housing

33,451 ±2,792 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 295,585 ±510
  • New Jersey: 3,779,591 ±1,544

$317,400 ±$44,880 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Ocean County: $337,800 ±$7,091
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $389,800 ±$2,392

8.4% ±3.6% (11,263  ±4,841.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 9.4% † 60,163 (±1.2% / ±7,895.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.6% 974,522 (±0.3% / ±28,423.4)

Social

91.3% ±5.1% (51,739  ±4,637.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 93.2% 410,452 (±2.4% / ±10,643.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 91% 5,890,494 (±0.6% / ±40,077.4)
31.2% ±4.5% (17,662  ±2,837.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ocean County: 32.5% 142,878 (±1.4% / ±6,269.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 43.1% 2,790,646 (±0.4% / ±26,799.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

6.4% ±1.8% (8,864  ±2,535) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 8.2% † 53,255 (±0.8% / ±5,484)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23% 2,134,981 (±0.4% / ±32,090)

1.9% ±1% (1,257  ±700) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Ocean County: 6.3% † 30,633 (±0.6% / ±3,126)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 283,485 (±0.1% / ±7,865)
1,257 Total veterans ±700 1,257 Male ±700 N/A Female ±222

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