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Montgomery township, Somerset County, NJ

23,045 Population
32.3 square miles 713.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 41.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$75,799 ±$3,509 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Somerset County: $55,828 ±$931
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $42,745 ±$199
$195,807 ±$16,963 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Somerset County: $113,611 ±$2,184
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $82,545 ±$400

3.6% ±1.3% (831  ±304) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Somerset County: 5.1% 16,762 (±0.5% / ±1,680)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 10% 869,081 (±0.2% / ±15,206)

40.1 minutes ±1.8 (419,435  ±27,929) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 32.5 5,199,470 (±0.4 / ±83,366)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32.2 133,166,730 (±0.1 / ±581,610)

Families

7,657 ±219 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 118,193 ±783
  • New Jersey: 3,231,874 ±7,167
3 ±0.1 (22,857  ±75) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.8 325,380 (±0 / ±469)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,694,933 (±0)

2.1% ±1.4% (113  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Somerset County: 4% † 2,993 (±0.6% / ±418)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,738 (±0.1% / ±2,285)

Housing

8,016 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 126,717 ±212
  • New Jersey: 3,616,614 ±596

$609,200 ±$14,634 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Somerset County: $430,700 ±$5,754
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $335,600 ±$797

8.4% ±2% (1,931  ±448.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Somerset County: 9.2% 29,959 (±0.6% / ±1,882.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 898,984 (±0.1% / ±11,270.3)

Social

98.4% ±3.9% (15,102  ±684.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Somerset County: 94.5% 216,937 (±1.2% / ±2,789.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.8% 5,520,448 (±0.3% / ±16,297.9)
75.1% ±3.3% (11,517  ±564.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Somerset County: 54.7% 125,454 (±0.9% / ±2,015)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 39.7% 2,440,951 (±0.2% / ±9,872.7)

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

31.9% ±2.5% (7,354  ±584) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 25.1% 82,743 (±0.6% / ±1,818)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.4% 1,992,027 (±0.1% / ±11,424)

2.1% ±0.6% (357  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 3.7% 9,579 (±0.2% / ±520)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 321,991 (±0.1% / ±3,253)
357 Total veterans ±103 318 Male ±92 39 Female ±44

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