Somerset County, NJ

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Somerset County, New Jersey demographics

Population: 343,950
Median age: 41.8

Median household income: 121,695

Demographics, population, home values, social and economic characteristics of Somerset County, New Jersey.

Population

2021343,950
2020330,151
2019329,838
2018330,176
2017333,316
2016331,686
2015330,604
2014328,704
2013326,207
2012323,650
2011321,304
2010319,347
2009320,712

Somerset County, NJ cities

Belle Mead CDP - 5,754

Bernardsville borough - 7,862

Blackwells Mills CDP - 10,488

Blawenburg CDP - 92

Bound Brook borough - 11,799

Bradley Gardens CDP - 14,798

Clyde CDP - 157

East Franklin CDP - 8,375

East Millstone CDP - 548

East Rocky Hill CDP - 349

Far Hills borough - 1,001

Finderne CDP - 6,052

Franklin Center CDP - 5,532

Franklin Park CDP - 13,686

Green Knoll CDP - 6,480

Griggstown CDP - 925

Harlingen CDP - 445

Kingston CDP - 1,041

Manville borough - 10,861

Martinsville CDP - 11,980

Middlebush CDP - 2,461

Millstone borough - 593

North Plainfield borough - 22,635

Peapack and Gladstone borough - 2,611

Pleasant Plains CDP - 390

Raritan borough - 7,993

Rocky Hill borough - 752

Six Mile Run CDP - 3,334

Skillman CDP - 380

Somerset CDP - 24,827

Somerville borough - 12,453

South Bound Brook borough - 4,818

Ten Mile Run CDP - 2,281

Voorhees CDP - 1,586

Watchung borough - 6,483

Weston CDP - 2,076

Zarephath CDP - 94

Somerset County, NJ ZIP Codes

Census data for Somerset County, New Jersey

Demographic and housing estimates in Somerset County, New Jersey

Total population
Total population343,950
Male169,277
Female174,673
Population by age
Total population343,950
Under 5 years17,280
5 to 9 years19,250
10 to 14 years23,629
15 to 19 years23,010
20 to 24 years19,906
25 to 34 years37,785
35 to 44 years44,627
45 to 54 years52,434
55 to 59 years28,165
60 to 64 years23,434
65 to 74 years31,000
75 to 84 years15,843
85 years and over7,587
Median age (years)41.8
Under 18 years75,143
16 years and over278,372
18 years and over268,807
21 years and over256,761
62 years and over68,870
65 years and over54,430
Population by race
Total population343,950
One race325,699
   White209,411
   Black or African American33,424
   American Indian and Alaska Native668
   Asian64,322
   Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander51
   Some other race17,823
Two or more races18,251
Citizen, voting age population
Citizen, VOTING AGE 18 and over population237,568
Male Citizen, VOTING AGE 18 and over population115,357
Female Citizen, VOTING AGE 18 and over population122,211

Social characteristics in Somerset County, New Jersey

Households by type
Total households125,363
Family households (families)73,304
Married-couple family5,769
Male householder, no wife present, family17,174
Female householder, no husband present, family12,627
Nonfamily households29,116
Average household size36,902
Average family size2.71

Economic characteristics in Somerset County, New Jersey

Income and benefits (in inflation-adjusted dollars)
Total households125,363
Less than $10,0003,049
$10,000 to $14,9992,456
$15,000 to $24,9994,993
$25,000 to $34,9995,095
$35,000 to $49,9998,148
$50,000 to $74,99913,947
$75,000 to $99,99914,389
$100,000 to $149,99922,850
$150,000 to $199,99916,229
$200,000 or more34,207
Median household income (dollars)121,695

Housing characteristics in Somerset County, New Jersey

Housing occupancy
Total housing units131,225
Occupied housing units125,363
Vacant housing units5,862
Units in structure
Total housing units131,225
1-unit, detached78,235
1-unit, attached18,599
2 units5,949
3 or 4 units5,750
5 to 9 units6,599
10 to 19 units6,497
20 or more units9,311
Mobile home274
Boat, RV, van, etc.11
Year structure built
Total housing units131,225
Built 2014 or later75
Built 2010 to 20136,954
Built 2000 to 200912,116
Built 1990 to 199922,678
Built 1980 to 198925,799
Built 1970 to 197913,066
Built 1960 to 196917,254
Built 1950 to 195914,693
Built 1940 to 19495,926
Built 1939 or earlier12,664
Rooms
Total housing units131,225
1 room1,242
2 rooms1,823
3 rooms8,928
4 rooms18,952
5 rooms17,405
6 rooms19,019
7 rooms17,037
8 rooms17,261
9 rooms or more29,558
Median rooms6.4
Bedrooms
Total housing units131,225
No bedroom1,495
1 bedroom12,435
2 bedrooms34,481
3 bedrooms36,132
4 bedrooms36,293
5 or more bedrooms10,389
Housing tenure
Occupied housing units125,363
Owner-occupied94,690
Renter-occupied30,673
Average household size of owner-occupied unit2.79
Average household size of renter-occupied unit2.45
Year householder moved into unit
Occupied housing units125,363
Moved in 2017 or later10,069
Moved in 2015 to 201630,235
Moved in 2010 to 201420,881
Moved in 2000 to 200929,114
Moved in 1990 to 199919,682
Moved in 1989 and earlier15,382
Value
Owner-occupied units94,690
Less than $50,000903
$50,000 to $99,999637
$100,000 to $149,9991,551
$150,000 to $199,9993,063
$200,000 to $299,99916,322
$300,000 to $499,99933,110
$500,000 to $999,99933,913
$1,000,000 or more5,191
Median (dollars)444,700
Mortgage status
Owner-occupied units94,690
Housing units with a mortgage62,734
Housing units without a mortgage31,956
Gross rent
Occupied units paying rent29,480
Less than $500799
$500 to $9991,466
$1,000 to $1,4997,850
$1,500 to $1,99910,395
$2,000 to $2,4995,689
$2,500 to $2,9992,280
$3,000 or more1,001
Median (dollars)1,722
No rent paid1,193

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