Elk, NJ

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Elk, New Jersey

Elk is home to some 3,514 residents.

The People and Families of Elk

In Elk, about 59% of adults are married. At the risk of over-generalizing, you could say that Elk tends toward large families and full houses.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Elk had a median family income of $55,472.

Elk Housing

According to the 2000 census, 90% of the housing in Elk was owner-occupied.

Commuting

In Elk, 89% of commuters drive to work.

High Points

Elk strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in New Jersey):

Category	Trophy
Racial Diversity (vs. Peers)	Top 11%
Public Transportation Use (vs. Peers)	Top 14%
Median Family Income (vs. Peers)	Top 15%
People in Middle Class or Better (vs. Peers)	Top 19%

Comparative Profile of Elk, NJ

Comparing Elk to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in New Jersey (State):

Ratings range from (lowest) to (highest).

The People

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Racial Diversity
Well-Paid Single Men
Well-Paid Single Women
Male Share of the Population
Age of the Population
Children Under 5 Years Old
Female Share of the Population
Senior Citizens

Families

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Average Household Size
Portion of People Married

Wealth

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Median Family Income
People in Middle Class or Better
People Above Poverty
College Educated Adults

Commute & Sprawl

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Public Transportation Use
Working at Home
Short Commute Times
Walking and Biking to Work

Housing

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Seasonal and Vacation Housing
Housing Recently Built
People Living Alone
Studio & One-Bedroom Rentals
Affordability of Rents
Affordability of Property Taxes

Crime

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Low Violent Crime
Low Property Crime

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Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	3,514	100%
Male	1,722	49%
Female	1,792	51%
Under 18	956	27.2%
18+	2,558	72.8%
65+	443	12.6%
Median Age	38.2
Average Family Size	3.16
White	2,884	82.1%
African-American	501	14.3%
Asian	15	0.4%
American Indian & Alaskan	20	0.6%
Other	48	1.4%
Mixed Race	46	1.3%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	103	2.9%
Median Family Income (1999)	$55,472
Population In Poverty	297	8.5%

Category	Value
Est. 2005 Population	3,792
Growth	278
Growth %	7.9%

Ancestry	Percent
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	20.5%
German	19.8%
Irish	15%
Italian	14.9%
English	13.2%
US/American	3.6%
Polish	2.6%
Scotch-Irish	2.4%
Hungarian	1.2%
Russian	1.1%
British	0.9%
Scottish	0.8%
Danish	0.8%
French (except Basque)	0.7%
African	0.6%
Finnish	0.4%
European	0.3%
Pennsylvania German	0.3%
French Canadian	0.2%
Swedish	0.2%
Romanian	0.2%

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