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Morris County

New Jersey · 524,251 residents (2025 est.) · 461 sq mi
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With 514,528 people, Morris County is a county in New Jersey. This is an unusually credentialed place: 58% of adults have a four-year degree. That puts it in the top 1% of US counties for household income. Median household income runs $137,326, well clear of the $82,259 US median. That is roughly 33% ahead of the New Jersey median. The typical home is worth $582,500, having more than doubled since 2000.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $137,326, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.6
US median: 38.9
More educated
58% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 28%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Morris County

What changed most since 1990

  • Median home value (2024 dollars)$519,375 → $582,500 (+12%)US over the same years: +67%
  • Adults with a bachelor's degree36.7% → 57.8% (+21.1 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
  • White share88.6% → 65.8% (−22.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts

Among the 21 counties in New Jersey

  • 3rd in household income$137,326
  • 1st in share with a bachelor's degree57.8%
  • 3rd in home value$582,500
  • 13th in diversity score65.9
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
514,528
+9%since 2000
from 470,212 in 2000
524,251 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
1,116 / sq mi
+9%since 2000
from 1,020 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
42.6
+13%since 2000
from 37.8 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
461 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
412K440K468K496K524K19902000201020202024Morris County
2024515K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 55%(25,864)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 95.6%(28,621)
US avg: 6%
10 to 146%(31,120)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.3%(32,519)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 245.8%(29,863)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3411.3%(58,155)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4413.1%(67,188)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5413.8%(70,991)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6414.9%(76,580)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 7410.2%(52,296)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 845.5%(28,183)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over2.6%(13,148)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$137,326
−3%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $77,340 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$71,044
+92%since 2000
from $36,964 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
74.3%
+12.6 ptssince 2009
from 61.7% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
4.9%
+1.1 ptssince 2000
from 3.9% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.458
+2%since 2010
from 0.449 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Retail trade11.2%
US avg: 9.9%
Other services10.4%
US avg: 6.7%
Information9.3%
US avg: 10.8%
Public administration8.3%
US avg: 4.8%
Wholesale trade5%
US avg: 6.9%
Finance & insurance4.3%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical3.7%
US avg: 5.1%
Arts, entertainment, food2.8%
US avg: 1.9%
Transportation & warehousing2.5%
US avg: 2.2%
Education & health services0.6%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.2%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.2%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0.1%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$582,500
+28%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $250,400 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,904
+18%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $883 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
74.3%
−1.7 ptssince 2000
from 76.0% in 2000
25.7% rent
Vacancy rate
3.1%
−1.9 ptssince 2009
from 5.0% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.62 people
−4%since 2009
from 2.73 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
25.4%
−10.6 ptssince 2009
from 35.9% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
43.2%
+1.8 ptssince 2009
from 41.5% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
4.2
−14%since 2009
from 5.0 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
36
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic82%(385,582)
Black2.7%(12,506)
Hispanic / Latino7.8%(36,626)
Asian6.2%(29,310)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic65.8%(338,541)
Black3%(15,580)
Hispanic / Latino16%(82,208)
Asian10.7%(55,146)
Other4.5%(23,053)
Diversity Score
66
+35%since 2009
from 49 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
31
−5%since 2020
from 33 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
South American5.3%(27,065)
Puerto Rican3.2%(16,427)
Central American2.8%(14,350)
Colombian2.7%(13,962)
Mexican1.5%(7,796)
Honduran1.2%(6,373)
Dominican1%(5,391)
Ecuadorian0.9%(4,535)
Cuban0.8%(3,987)
Peruvian0.7%(3,679)
Salvadoran0.6%(2,988)
Spaniard0.5%(2,807)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Guatemalan0.5%(2,605)
Costa Rican0.4%(2,023)
Chilean0.3%(1,414)
Venezuelan0.2%(1,182)
Argentine0.2%(1,072)
Uruguayan0.2%(788)
Nicaraguan0%(229)
Paraguayan0%(181)
Panamanian0%(132)
Bolivian0%(124)
Asian origin
Asian Indian5.7%(29,139)
Chinese2.3%(11,583)
Filipino0.8%(4,128)
Korean0.5%(2,717)
Pakistani0.4%(2,306)
Taiwanese0.3%(1,386)
Vietnamese0.2%(1,034)
Japanese0.1%(570)
Kazakh0.1%(430)
Thai0%(155)
+ 7 more asian origin groups with data
Malaysian0%(35)
Uzbek0%(34)
Cambodian0%(28)
Burmese0%(17)
Nepalese0%(12)
Pacific Islander origin
Ancestry
Italian19.3%(99,455)
Irish16.8%(86,491)
German12.5%(64,297)
English7.2%(37,294)
Polish5.9%(30,196)
American2.9%(15,112)
Russian1.5%(7,938)
Dutch1.4%(7,177)
French1.3%(6,491)
Scottish1.2%(6,419)
Hungarian1.1%(5,886)
Arab1%(5,276)
+ 50 more ancestry groups with data
Ukrainian1%(5,247)
Greek0.9%(4,643)
West Indian0.8%(4,292)
Norwegian0.8%(4,032)
Swedish0.8%(4,029)
Portuguese0.7%(3,655)
Austrian0.5%(2,795)
Scotch-Irish0.5%(2,646)
Slovak0.4%(2,304)
Welsh0.4%(1,987)
Lithuanian0.4%(1,979)
Jamaican0.3%(1,773)
Czech0.3%(1,742)
Swiss0.3%(1,715)
British0.3%(1,606)
Brazilian0.3%(1,473)
Turkish0.3%(1,466)
Syrian0.3%(1,349)
Haitian0.3%(1,305)
French Canadian0.2%(1,271)
Danish0.2%(1,220)
Egyptian0.2%(1,180)
Romanian0.2%(1,175)
Armenian0.2%(1,165)
Canadian0.2%(972)
Lebanese0.2%(962)
Croatian0.1%(768)
Macedonian0.1%(683)
Serbian0.1%(564)
Finnish0.1%(552)
Iranian0.1%(540)
Ghanaian0.1%(533)
Belgian0.1%(532)
Guyanese0.1%(513)
Palestinian0.1%(470)
Latvian0.1%(444)
Nigerian0.1%(366)
Bulgarian0%(248)
Israeli0%(239)
Jordanian0%(215)
Moroccan0%(182)
Slovene0%(117)
Ethiopian0%(113)
Barbadian0%(71)
Kenyan0%(60)
Iraqi0%(45)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
57.8%
+13.7 ptssince 2000
from 44.1% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
94.9%
+4.3 ptssince 2000
from 90.6% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
24.1%
+7.0 ptssince 2000
from 17.0% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
29.8 min
+40%since 2000
from 21.3 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
66.3%
−13.5 ptssince 2009
from 79.8% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
5.6%
−2.1 ptssince 2009
from 7.7% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
3.3%
−1.1 ptssince 2009
from 4.4% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
21.8%
+17.2 ptssince 2009
from 4.6% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.5%
−0.6 ptssince 2009
from 2.1% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.1%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.1% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
5.1%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 4.9% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
5.2%
−1.2 ptssince 2011
from 6.4% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
68.5%
−1.1 ptssince 2011
from 69.6% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
79.9%
+2.5 ptssince 2020
from 77.4% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
13.2%
+2.2 ptssince 2009
from 11.1% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
56.3%
+8.0 ptssince 2009
from 48.3% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.6%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 49.3% in 2009
Female
50.4%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 50.7% in 2009
Foreign born
19.8%
+1.6 ptssince 2009
from 18.1% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
3.4%
−4.3 ptssince 2009
from 7.7% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
9.0%
+1.5 ptssince 2012
from 7.5% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
4.7%
−3.4 ptssince 2013
from 8.1% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
95.2%
+5.9 ptssince 2017
from 89.3% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
97.1%
+1.9 ptssince 2020
from 95.2% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
91.1%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 91.3% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
73.4%
−2.2 ptssince 2016
from 75.6% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
11.8%
+1.3 ptssince 2016
from 10.6% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married31.9%(67,282)
Married59.7%(125,977)
Widowed2.3%(4,871)
Divorced6%(12,750)
Women 15+
Never married27.5%(60,045)
Married55%(119,912)
Widowed8%(17,443)
Divorced9.5%(20,643)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
4.7%
−3.4 ptssince 2013
from 8.1% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
71.5%
−1.5 ptssince 2020
from 73.0% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
15.0%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 14.6% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
17.8%
+0.8 ptssince 2020
from 17.0% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
8.2%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 7.8% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
0.7%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 0.8% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
83.0%
−1.7 ptssince 2020
from 84.7% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
24.2%
+1.0 ptssince 2020
from 23.2% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)17.9%(2,489)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.7%(2,195)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era34%(4,740)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War10.7%(1,489)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.2%(169)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 13,940 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Morris County, decade by decade

Morris County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
1990421,353$135,059$519,37536.7%26.2
2000470,212$140,887$456,14244.1%39.6
2010492,276$139,177$682,89048.4%51.8
2020509,285$142,170$560,08355.3%64.3
2024514,528$137,326$582,50057.8%65.9

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Morris County, New Jersey?

Morris County, New Jersey has about 514,528 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Morris County, New Jersey?

The typical household in Morris County, New Jersey earns about $137,326 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Morris County, New Jersey expensive?

In Morris County, New Jersey, the median home is worth about $582,500, and the typical rent is about $1,904 a month.

How educated are people in Morris County, New Jersey?

About 57.8% of adults age 25 and over in Morris County, New Jersey hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Morris County, New Jersey?

About 4.9% of people in Morris County, New Jersey live below the federal poverty line.

Has Morris County, New Jersey grown since 1990?

Yes, Morris County, New Jersey has grown since 1990. The population has added about 93,175 residents, a change of about 22 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · UPDATED 2024

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