Rockaway Township, Morris County, NJ - Profile Data

26,189 Population 41.7 square miles 627.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Age

41.5 ±1.7 Median age

• a little less than the figure in Morris County: 42.6 ±0.2
• a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$64,985 ±$4,223 Per capita income

• about 90 percent of the amount in Morris County: $71,044 ±$1,025
• about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256

$141,868 ±$4,783 Median household income

• a little higher than the amount in Morris County: $137,326 ±$2,991
• about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

Poverty

4% ±1.4% (1,055 ±374) Persons below poverty line

• about 80 percent of the rate in Morris County: 4.9% 24,928 (±0.4% / ±2,028)
• about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

Transportation to work

29.5 minutes ±1.7 (302,865 ±26,295) Mean travel time to work

• about the same as the figure in Morris County: 29.8 6,249,405 (±0.4 / ±120,594)
• a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Households

9,433 ±464 Number of households

• Morris County: 193,245 ±705
• New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116

2.8 ±0.1 (26,156 ±31) Persons per household

• a little higher than the figure in Morris County: 2.6 505,785 (±0 / ±171)
• a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

Marital status

Fertility

7.3% ±3% (401 ±169) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• about 1.5 times the rate in Morris County: 5% † 5,630 (±0.5% / ±572)
• about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Units & Occupancy

10,024 ±447 Number of housing units

• Morris County: 199,506 ±100
• New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

Value

$466,500 ±$10,353 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• about 80 percent of the amount in Morris County: $582,500 ±$5,640
• a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

Geographical mobility

7.3% ±1.9% (1,885 ±492.4) Moved since previous year

• about 80 percent of the rate in Morris County: 8.9% 45,242 (±0.6% / ±3,101.3)
• about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Educational attainment

97.2% ±4.3% (18,318 ±981.5) High school grad or higher

• about the same as the rate in Morris County: 94.9% 347,957 (±1.1% / ±4,105.7)
• about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)

50.8% ±3% (9,574 ±628.9) Bachelor's degree or higher

• about 90 percent of the rate in Morris County: 57.8% 211,897 (±0.8% / ±3,053.9)
• about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

Language

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

Place of birth

15.7% ±2.3% (4,102 ±603) Foreign-born population

• about 80 percent of the rate in Morris County: 19.8% 101,789
• about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

Veteran status

3.8% ±0.8% (782 ±170) Population with veteran status

• about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morris County: 3.4% 13,940 (±0.2% / ±866)
• about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

782 Total veterans ±170 764 Male ±170 18 Female ±20

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