Holiday City-Berkeley, New Jersey Population and Demographics
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Holiday City-Berkeley is a Census-designated place in Ocean County, New Jersey, with a population of 12,360. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 92.70% of residents identify as white, 0.80% as Black or African American, 0.20% as American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.00% as Asian, 0.00% as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 4.90% as Hispanic or Latino, and 0.30% as some other race or combination of races.
Nationally, some 61.1% of Americans identify as white, 12.3% as Black or African American, 0.7% as American Indian or Alaska Native, 5.4% as Asian, 0.2% as Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 17.8% as Hispanic or Latino, and 2.6% as some other race or combination of races.
Census respondents are also asked to report ancestry. Some of the most commonly reported ancestries in Holiday City-Berkeley include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and English. Measured by location quotient — comparing the Census-designated place share to the national share — some of the most highly concentrated ancestries in Census-designated place are Yugoslavian, Estonian, and Slovak.
An estimated 89.10% of Holiday City-Berkeley residents are native-born, meaning they were born in the United States, Puerto Rico, a U.S. Island Area, or abroad to a U.S. citizen. Of the 10.90% of the population that is foreign-born, 85.40% have become naturalized U.S. citizens. Nationwide, 86.5% of Americans are native-born. And of the 13.5% of Americans who are foreign-born, 48.5% have become naturalized U.S. citizens.
The population of Holiday City-Berkeley is older than the United States as a whole. The median age is 71.4 years, 33.5 years more than the national median age of 37.9 years. An estimated 69.80% of the population is 65 years and over, compared to 15.2% of the U.S. population.
Family and household composition also varies heavily across the United States. In Holiday City-Berkeley, 40.00% of households are occupied by married-couple families, compared to the 48.3% national figure. Some 2.20% of households are occupied by single male householders, 5.30% by single female householders, and 52.50% by non-family occupants. Nationwide, 4.9% of households are occupied by single male householders, 12.6% by single female householders, and 34.3% by non-family occupants. An estimated 90.60% of heads of household own their homes, compared to the national homeownership rate of 63.8%.
English is by far the most commonly spoken language in New Jersey and across the U.S. as a whole. Similarly, in Holiday City-Berkeley, 94.5% of local residents aged 5 and up speak English exclusively, or, if they are multilingual, speak English very well. For context, 87.9% of the 5 and older population across New Jersey only speaks English, or speak it very well, and 91.5% of the same age group nationwide do.
Residents of Holiday City-Berkeley are slightly more likely than the typical American to be married. Of all local residents aged 15 and older, 50.8% are currently married, compared to 48.1% of Americans nationwide in the same age group. Across New Jersey as a whole, 49.4% of residents 15 and older are married.
Divorce is more common in Holiday City-Berkeley than it is across the U.S. as a whole. According to Census estimates, 13.5% of residents 15 and older are divorced — compared to 10.8% of the U.S. population in the same age group. In New Jersey, 8.5% of the 15 and older population is divorced.
An estimated 13.5% of Holiday City-Berkeley residents 15 and older have never married, compared to one-third of all Americans in the same age group.
In Holiday City-Berkeley, 15.9% of the 18 and older civilian population are veterans — compared to 7.5% of adult civilians nationwide and 4.8% of the civilian population in all of New Jersey.
In Holiday City-Berkeley, adults are less likely to have a high school education than the typical American adult, and are less likely to have a four-year college education. Among Holiday City-Berkeley residents 25 and older, 86.10% have a high school diploma or equivalent, and 12.50% have a bachelor's degree or higher, compared to 87.7% and 31.5% of adults nationwide, respectively. Across New Jersey, 89.5% of adults have graduated high school, and 38.9 have a bachelor’s degree.
The typical household in Holiday City-Berkeley earns $38,130 a year, about $22,200 less than the national median of $60,293 and $41,200 less than the median household income across the state of $79,363.
Serious financial hardship is less common in Holiday City-Berkeley than it is nationwide. The local poverty rate stands at 8.00%, while the national poverty rate is 14.1%. Across the state as a whole, 10.4% of the population lives below the poverty line.
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