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Byram township, Sussex County, NJ

8,119 Population
21.5 square miles 377.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 43.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$60,036 ±$4,234 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sussex County: $57,252 ±$1,610
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$138,854 ±$19,177 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Sussex County: $116,186 ±$2,466
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

2.5% ±1.4% (206  ±117) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Sussex County: 5.5% † 8,008 (±0.7% / ±1,034)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

33.7 minutes ±1.1 (118,675  ±11,831) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sussex County: 36.3 2,363,505 (±0.8 / ±72,510)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

2,988 ±105 Number of households
  • Sussex County: 57,767 ±572
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.7 ±0.1 (8,118  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 2.5 144,223 (±0 / ±92)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

4.4% ±2.6% (82  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 4.6% † 1,399 (±0.7% / ±208)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

3,274 ±139 Number of housing units
  • Sussex County: 62,865 ±76
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$389,900 ±$16,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Sussex County: $369,400 ±$4,606
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

5.5% ±2.1% (444  ±168.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sussex County: 7.8% † 11,226 (±0.8% / ±1,217)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

98.1% ±5.3% (5,267  ±371) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sussex County: 95.4% 101,402 (±1.9% / ±2,022.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
48.3% ±4.3% (2,596  ±257.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 40.3% 42,800 (±1.2% / ±1,317.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

6.2% ±1.9% (507  ±156) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sussex County: 8.8% 12,757
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

4.8% ±1.5% (311  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Sussex County: 4.8% 5,683 (±0.4% / ±488)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
311 Total veterans ±99 277 Male ±87 34 Female ±30

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