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Montgomery township, Somerset County, NJ

23,557 Population
32.3 square miles 729.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 41.8 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$83,108 ±$5,003 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Somerset County: $61,805 ±$1,248
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $46,691 ±$213
$196,857 ±$15,331 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Somerset County: $121,695 ±$3,494
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $89,703 ±$507

4.2% ±1.6% (969  ±362) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 5.1% † 17,394 (±0.6% / ±1,900)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 883,896 (±0.1% / ±12,412)

39.1 minutes ±1.4 (356,115  ±28,646) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 31.7 4,854,325 (±0.5 / ±110,421)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.5 126,284,970 (±0.1 / ±619,819)

Families

7,960 ±266 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 125,363 ±697
  • New Jersey: 3,397,156 ±5,756
2.9 ±0.1 (23,309  ±153) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.7 339,577 (±0 / ±522)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 9,050,134

4.1% ±2.3% (233  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 4.5% † 3,524 (±0.5% / ±402)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5% 106,279 (±0.1% / ±2,560)

Housing

8,267 ±285 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 131,225 ±215
  • New Jersey: 3,738,342 ±433

$619,300 ±$15,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Somerset County: $444,700 ±$5,505
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $355,700 ±$986

9% ±2.2% (2,096  ±516.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 10.2% 34,875 (±0.8% / ±2,556.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 944,204 (±0.1% / ±13,068.6)

Social

98.8% ±4.6% (15,527  ±810.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 94.4% 227,256 (±1.4% / ±3,461.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.5% 5,802,729 (±0.3% / ±19,579.2)
76.1% ±3.9% (11,955  ±675.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Somerset County: 56.1% 135,200 (±1% / ±2,460.7)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 41.5% 2,660,853 (±0.2% / ±12,771.8)

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

32.3% ±2.2% (7,619  ±522) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 26.5% 91,276 (±0.7% / ±2,257)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.9% 2,115,061 (±0.2% / ±13,418)

2.3% ±0.8% (400  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 3.7% 9,982 (±0.3% / ±684)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4.3% 309,642 (±0.1% / ±4,437)
400 Total veterans ±140 362 Male ±131 38 Female ±45

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