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Shrewsbury, NJ

4,179 Population
2.2 square miles 1,934.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$81,362 ±$12,007 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$178,958 ±$37,285 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

3.6% ±2.7% (146  ±109) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

35.3 minutes ±4 (45,540  ±8,969) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

1,512 ±78 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,409,947 ±10,406
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.7 ±0.1 (4,003  ±31) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

11.8% ±7.2% (93  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,244 (±0.1% / ±4,356)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

1,546 ±104 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,038,666 ±1,324
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$811,400 ±$32,010 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $614,200 ±$1,348
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

7% ±3.3% (286  ±133.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 1,801,060 (±0.1% / ±19,484.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

97.3% ±8.2% (2,910  ±277.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
65.9% ±6.3% (1,969  ±208) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.2% 6,168,034 (±0.2% / ±20,817.9)
  • about 1.5 times 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

6.7% ±2.4% (281  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

4.2% ±1.7% (133  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
133 Total veterans ±53 133 Male ±53 N/A Female ±14

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