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Salem County, NJ

65,338 Population
331.9 square miles 196.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,580 ±$2,351 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$87,294 ±$6,511 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.8% ±3.2% (5,644  ±2,031) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26.6 minutes ±0.8 (698,120  ±30,540) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

25,207 ±804 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (63,837  ±544) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 † 9,122,744 (±,157 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

2% ±1.4% (287  ±200) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

27,726 ±216 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$249,500 ±$17,237 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.2% ±3.2% (6,634  ±2,102.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.9% ±6.3% (41,621  ±2,925.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
26.9% ±3.8% (12,303  ±1,728.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

2.9% ±24,426.4% (1,877  ±812) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% † 2,250,431 (±1,448.4% / ±28,235)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

4.9% ±1.1% (2,491  ±580) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
2,491 Total veterans ±580 1,937 Male ±465 554 Female ±352

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