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Montgomery township, Somerset County, NJ

23,128 Population
32.3 square miles 716 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 41.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$78,624 ±$4,177 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Somerset County: $58,021 ±$1,152
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
$200,150 ±$12,534 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Somerset County: $116,510 ±$2,194
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402

3.1% ±1% (697  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 5.1% 16,612 (±0.5% / ±1,592)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)

40.3 minutes ±1.8 (395,010  ±30,958) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 32.4 5,018,165 (±0.5 / ±101,628)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)

Families

7,755 ±255 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 119,721 ±743
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
3 ±0.1 (22,908  ±116) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.7 325,709 (±0 / ±455)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841

3.7% ±2.5% (211  ±143) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 4.3% † 3,227 (±0.6% / ±481)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)

Housing

8,153 ±267 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 127,090 ±214
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505

$610,200 ±$14,561 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Somerset County: $436,700 ±$5,699
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980

9.3% ±2.2% (2,145  ±508) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Somerset County: 9.8% 31,916 (±0.7% / ±2,379.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)

Social

98.9% ±4.9% (15,076  ±801.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 94.2% 217,383 (±1.4% / ±3,111.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
76.6% ±4.1% (11,677  ±666.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Somerset County: 55.6% 128,232 (±1% / ±2,241.3)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)

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

33.5% ±2.8% (7,754  ±656) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Somerset County: 25.9% 85,425 (±0.6% / ±1,982)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)

2.3% ±0.8% (385  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 3.8% 9,859 (±0.3% / ±647)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
385 Total veterans ±136 347 Male ±127 38 Female ±47

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