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Franklin township, Somerset County, NJ

69,865 Population
46.2 square miles 1,513.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 41.7 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$62,282 ±$5,166 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $68,310 ±$2,630
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
$122,170 ±$10,058 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $134,524 ±$7,282
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997

6.8% ±3.9% (4,704  ±2,684) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 5.8% † 20,686 (±1.2% / ±4,352)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)

33.5 minutes ±1.6 (953,600  ±66,197) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 31.4 4,525,480 (±0.6 / ±120,315)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

28,646 ±1,870 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 132,802 ±931
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
2.4 ±0.2 (69,037  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 2.7 353,521 (±0 / ±134)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098

7.4% ±5% (1,162  ±801) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Somerset County: 4.9% † 3,962 (±1.4% / ±1,130)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)

Housing

29,187 ±1,905 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 135,033 ±73
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877

$497,700 ±$35,536 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Somerset County: $600,700 ±$16,494
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982

6.1% ±3% (4,196  ±2,054.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 7.1% † 25,171 (±1.2% / ±4,211.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)

Social

92.7% ±7.2% (49,816  ±4,362.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 94.3% 241,652 (±3% / ±7,715.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
55.8% ±5.3% (29,959  ±3,089.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Somerset County: 58.3% 149,457 (±2.2% / ±5,689.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

32.9% ±4.5% (22,962  ±3,117) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 29.3% 104,575
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424

1.8% ±0.9% (1,022  ±506) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Somerset County: 2.6% † 7,223 (±0.4% / ±1,189)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
1,022 Total veterans ±506 806 Male ±386 216 Female ±220

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