Roxbury, NJ

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Roxbury, New Jersey

About 23,883 people people live in Roxbury.

The People and Families of Roxbury

In Roxbury, about 64% of adults are married. Homes in Roxbury tend to contain married couples. The town has a large average household size. It's not exactly overrun with people living alone.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Roxbury had a median family income of $83,409. Not many of the people of Roxbury are below middle class. The town does not have a large underclass.

Roxbury Housing

Of the houses, apartments, etc. in Roxbury, about 84% are lived in by their owners, not renters.

Commuting

In Roxbury, 94% of commuters drive to work.

Of Note

High Points

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

Category	Trophy
People in Middle Class or Better (vs. Peers)	Top 6%
Low Rate of Poverty (vs. Peers)	Top 8%
Median Family Income (vs. Peers)	Top 10%
Well-Paid Single Men (vs. Peers)	Top 16%
Well-Paid Single Women (vs. Peers)	Top 16%
Low Property Crime (vs. Peers)	Top 16%

Comparative Profile of Roxbury, NJ

Comparing Roxbury 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
Well-Paid Single Men
Well-Paid Single Women
Male Share of the Population
Children Under 5 Years Old
Racial Diversity
Age of the Population
Female Share of the Population
Senior Citizens

Families

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

Wealth

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

Commute & Sprawl

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

Housing

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

Crime

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

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Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	23,883	100%
Male	11,674	48.9%
Female	12,209	51.1%
Under 18	6,445	27%
18+	17,438	73%
65+	2,363	9.9%
Median Age	37.5
Average Family Size	3.25
White	22,110	92.6%
African-American	456	1.9%
Asian	855	3.6%
American Indian & Alaskan	35	0.1%
Other	162	0.7%
Mixed Race	248	1%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	1,154	4.8%
Median Family Income (1999)	$83,409
Population In Poverty	642	2.7%

Ancestry	Percent
Italian	26.6%
Irish	14.5%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	11.6%
German	11.4%
Polish	6.8%
English	5.2%
US/American	4.3%
Russian	2.5%
Norwegian	1.9%
Scottish	1.3%
Scotch-Irish	1.1%
French (except Basque)	1.1%
Dutch	1%
Hungarian	0.9%
Slovak	0.9%
European	0.9%
Ukrainian	0.7%
Greek	0.7%
Austrian	0.5%
Swedish	0.5%
French Canadian	0.4%
Latvian	0.4%
Czechoslovakian	0.3%
Welsh	0.3%
Czech	0.3%
British	0.3%
Romanian	0.3%
Lithuanian	0.3%
Danish	0.3%
Eastern European	0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian	0.2%
African	0.2%
Canadian	0.2%
Macedonian	0.2%
Swiss	0.2%
Portuguese	0.2%

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