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Ocean Township School District, NJ

27,896 Population
10.9 square miles 2,567 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Monmouth County: 43.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$60,224 ±$4,368 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monmouth County: $66,696 ±$972
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$108,626 ±$8,568 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monmouth County: $124,845 ±$2,115
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.2% ±2.4% (2,270  ±667) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Monmouth County: 6.5% 41,441 (±0.4% / ±2,364)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26 minutes ±1.5 (289,715  ±25,560) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Monmouth County: 32.1 8,442,360 (±0.4 / ±148,960)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,968 ±374 Number of households
  • Monmouth County: 251,712 ±1,121
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (27,865  ±29) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Monmouth County: 2.5 638,630 (±0 / ±110)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±2.6% (369  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Monmouth County: 4.9% † 6,720 (±0.6% / ±799)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,864 ±400 Number of housing units
  • Monmouth County: 270,415 ±215
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$678,300 ±$17,260 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Monmouth County: $606,100 ±$5,540
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.1% ±2.5% (2,507  ±676.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Monmouth County: 8.4% 53,927 (±0.4% / ±2,777.8)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.5% ±4.2% (18,274  ±983.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monmouth County: 94.2% 431,368 (±1.1% / ±4,907.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
52.1% ±3.4% (10,072  ±728.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monmouth County: 51.3% 235,034 (±0.7% / ±3,356.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

17% ±2.4% (4,729  ±667) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Monmouth County: 13.6% 87,843
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±0.9% (832  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Monmouth County: 4% 20,507 (±0.2% / ±1,152)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
832 Total veterans ±200 821 Male ±200 11 Female ±14

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