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Montgomery township, Somerset County, NJ

23,059 Population
32.3 square miles 713.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 41.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$70,323 ±$3,699 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Somerset County: $51,923 ±$889
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $39,069 ±$182
$180,660 ±$11,972 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Somerset County: $106,046 ±$1,955
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $76,475 ±$425

3.7% ±1.4% (843  ±320) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Somerset County: 4.8% 15,745 (±0.4% / ±1,423)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 10.7% 938,252 (±0.1% / ±12,067)

37.9 minutes ±1.8 (394,265  ±26,169) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 32 5,162,085 (±0.5 / ±101,643)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.5 129,616,480 (±0.1 / ±516,416)

Families

7,730 ±198 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 115,970 ±902
  • New Jersey: 3,199,111 ±7,594
3 ±0.1 (22,911  ±107) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.8 328,916 (±0 / ±432)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,774,359 (±0)

2.1% ±1.2% (116  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Somerset County: 3.9% † 3,001 (±0.5% / ±397)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 100,779 (±0.1% / ±2,275)

Housing

8,062 ±226 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 125,762 ±173
  • New Jersey: 3,595,055 ±1,051

$615,600 ±$16,278 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Somerset County: $412,800 ±$6,274
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $321,100 ±$871

8.7% ±2.1% (1,983  ±476.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 8.7% 28,837 (±0.7% / ±2,201.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10% 883,937 (±0.1% / ±11,062)

Social

98.7% ±4.2% (14,873  ±731.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 94.3% 217,369 (±1.2% / ±2,763.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.2% 5,496,917 (±0.3% / ±16,179.6)
78% ±3.8% (11,760  ±641.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Somerset County: 53.1% 122,387 (±0.9% / ±2,018.6)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 38.1% 2,347,836 (±0.2% / ±9,829.7)

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

29.3% ±2.1% (6,757  ±492) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 24.6% 82,008 (±0.6% / ±1,963)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.1% 1,979,156 (±0.1% / ±11,016)

2.8% ±0.9% (459  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Somerset County: 4% 10,162 (±0.2% / ±606)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 351,542 (±0.1% / ±3,627)
459 Total veterans ±145 399 Male ±134 60 Female ±50

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