Sparta Township, Sussex County, NJ - Profile Data - Census Reporter

20,077 Population 36.7 square miles 546.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Age

41.2 ±1.8 Median age

• a little less than the figure in Sussex County: 43.8 ±0.2
• a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Sex

Race & Ethnicity

Income

$75,855 ±$5,773 Per capita income

• about 1.3 times the amount in Sussex County: $57,252 ±$1,610
• about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256

$167,963 ±$21,913 Median household income

• about 1.5 times the amount in Sussex County: $116,186 ±$2,466
• more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

Poverty

4% ±2.4% (808 ±472) Persons below poverty line

• about three-quarters of the rate in Sussex County: 5.5% † 8,008 (±0.7% / ±1,034)
• about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

Transportation to work

37.5 minutes ±3 (302,830 ±34,450) Mean travel time to work

• a little higher than the figure in Sussex County: 36.3 2,363,505 (±0.8 / ±72,510)
• about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Households

7,452 ±243 Number of households

• Sussex County: 57,767 ±572
• New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116

2.7 ±0.1 (20,005 ±34) Persons per household

• about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sussex County: 2.5 144,223 (±0 / ±92)
• about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

Marital status

Fertility

4.3% ±2% (185 ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

• a little less than the rate in Sussex County: 4.6% † 1,399 (±0.7% / ±208)
• about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Units & Occupancy

7,837 ±282 Number of housing units

• Sussex County: 62,865 ±76
• New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

Value

$484,200 ±$16,302 Median value of owner-occupied housing units

• about 1.3 times the amount in Sussex County: $369,400 ±$4,606
• about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

Geographical mobility

6.5% ±2.2% (1,294 ±434.9) Moved since previous year

• about 80 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 7.8% † 11,226 (±0.8% / ±1,217)
• about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Educational attainment

98.1% ±5.3% (13,392 ±824.8) High school grad or higher

• a little higher than the rate in Sussex County: 95.4% 101,402 (±1.9% / ±2,022.6)
• about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)

63.1% ±4.4% (8,604 ±646.9) Bachelor's degree or higher

• about 1.5 times the rate in Sussex County: 40.3% 42,800 (±1.2% / ±1,317.4)
• about 1.5 times 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

10.3% ±1.9% (2,058 ±377) Foreign-born population

• about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sussex County: 8.8% 12,757
• about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

Veteran status

4% ±1.1% (608 ±167) Population with veteran status

• about 80 percent of the rate in Sussex County: 4.8% 5,683 (±0.4% / ±488)
• about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)

608 Total veterans ±167 535 Male ±150 73 Female ±61

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