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Somerset County (South) PUMA, NJ

116,902 Population
99.9 square miles 1,170 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$68,902 ±$4,530 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$134,923 ±$13,977 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.3% ±2.5% (6,130  ±2,898) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

33.9 minutes ±1.3 (1,544,560  ±84,023) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

45,132 ±2,043 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (115,728  ±2,554) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.8% ±3.3% (1,529  ±881) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

45,730 ±2,041 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$576,700 ±$30,781 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6% ±2.3% (6,974  ±2,686.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95% ±5.3% (82,457  ±5,355.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
62.6% ±4.2% (54,329  ±4,064.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

39% ±1.8% (42,679  ±2,048.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 33.1% 2,922,137 (±0.2% / ±15,881.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

34.3% ±3% (40,057  ±3,590) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.6% ±0.8% (1,514  ±738) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,514 Total veterans ±738 1,298 Male ±672 216 Female ±220

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