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Montgomery township, Somerset County, NJ

23,841 Population
32.3 square miles 738.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$95,544 ±$6,239 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Somerset County: $72,193 ±$1,184
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$226,771 ±$11,993 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Somerset County: $140,374 ±$3,294
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

3.7% ±1.5% (870  ±359) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Somerset County: 5.4% † 18,637 (±0.6% / ±2,094)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

37.1 minutes ±2.4 (307,330  ±33,807) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 31.4 4,525,480 (±0.6 / ±120,315)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

8,466 ±286 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 130,802 ±435
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.8 ±0.1 (23,717  ±48) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.6 345,878 (±0 / ±75)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

6.8% ±3.1% (388  ±175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 5.5% † 4,324 (±0.7% / ±533)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

8,488 ±287 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 133,639 ±156
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$795,200 ±$28,620 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Somerset County: $552,100 ±$7,374
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

7.5% ±2.1% (1,776  ±488.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 9.1% 31,614 (±0.8% / ±2,716.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

98.8% ±4.6% (16,060  ±823.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 94% 233,031 (±1.4% / ±3,419.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
80.4% ±3.9% (13,073  ±691.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Somerset County: 57.8% 143,265 (±1% / ±2,551.1)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

35.3% ±2.9% (8,418  ±693) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 27.9% 97,494
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

1.9% ±0.6% (344  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 3.2% 8,875 (±0.3% / ±733)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
344 Total veterans ±109 336 Male ±109 8 Female ±12

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