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Stafford township, Ocean County, NJ

29,375 Population
46.1 square miles 637 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ocean County: 41.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$53,815 ±$2,662 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ocean County: $43,900 ±$694
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$115,544 ±$6,117 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ocean County: $86,411 ±$1,630
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

3.3% ±0.8% (956  ±222) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Ocean County: 10.4% 66,599 (±0.8% / ±4,765)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

31 minutes ±2.4 (415,260  ±40,297) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Ocean County: 30.7 7,388,065 (±0.5 / ±151,276)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

11,837 ±429 Number of households
  • Ocean County: 241,521 ±1,413
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.5 ±0.1 (29,137  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ocean County: 2.7 639,562 (±0 / ±122)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

3.1% ±2.4% (198  ±150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ocean County: 7.5% 9,316 (±0.7% / ±862)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

14,988 ±427 Number of housing units
  • Ocean County: 295,201 ±114
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$379,400 ±$16,932 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Ocean County: $366,600 ±$3,904
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

7.7% ±2.2% (2,247  ±635.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ocean County: 9.2% 58,352 (±0.5% / ±3,362.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

94.3% ±4.8% (20,671  ±1,154.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ocean County: 93.3% 409,252 (±1.1% / ±4,701.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
40.2% ±3.3% (8,822  ±740.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ocean County: 33.7% 147,739 (±0.6% / ±2,786.3)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

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

5.8% ±1.1% (1,688  ±330) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ocean County: 8% 51,464
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

6.8% ±1.2% (1,610  ±295) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Ocean County: 6.5% 31,269 (±0.2% / ±1,074)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
1,610 Total veterans ±295 1,508 Male ±284 102 Female ±65

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