Laurence Harbor, NJ

Census Place

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2024 Population
6,191
US Senator
Cory Booker
Democratic Party
US Senator
Andy Kim
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
46.5
0.868% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
9.74%
8.56% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$84,291
5.82% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$306,700
6.47% 1-year decline
2024 Employed Population
3,195
11.6% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Laurence Harbor, NJ reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

97.8% of the residents in Laurence Harbor, NJ are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Laurence Harbor, NJ was $306,700, and the homeownership rate was 85.9%.

Most people in Laurence Harbor, NJ drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 31.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Laurence Harbor, NJ was 2 cars per household.

United StatesNew JerseyMiddlesex County, NJNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PAMiddlesex County (Southeast) PUMA, NJMonmouth County (Northwest)--Matawan & Aberdeen PUMA, NJ

Population & Diversity

Laurence Harbor, NJ is home to a population of 6.19k people, from which 97.8% are citizens. As of 2024, 13.7% of Laurence Harbor, NJ residents were born outside of the country (846 people).

In 2024, there were 6.04 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.82k people) in Laurence Harbor, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 633 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 413 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

97.8%
2024 Citizenship
96.3%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 97.8% of Laurence Harbor, NJ residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Laurence Harbor, NJ was 96.3%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Laurence Harbor, NJ
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    3.82k ± 574
  2. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    633 ± 492
  3. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    413 ± 262
15.3%
Hispanic Population
949 people

In 2024, there were 6.04 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.82k people) in Laurence Harbor, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 633 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 413 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

15.3% of the people in Laurence Harbor, NJ are hispanic (949 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Laurence Harbor, NJ as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New Jersey.
Most Common Origin
  1. India
    273,706 ± 12,653 people
  2. Dominican Republic
    205,965 ± 11,018 people
  3. Mexico
    107,667 ± 8,009 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New Jersey was India, the natal country of 273,706 New Jersey residents, followed by Dominican Republic with 205,965 and Mexico with 107,667.

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Foreign-Born Population

13.7%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
846 people
16.2%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
990 people

As of 2024, 13.7% of Laurence Harbor, NJ residents (846 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Laurence Harbor, NJ was 16.2%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    70 ± 91
  2. Vietnam
    48 ± 49
  3. Korea
    12 ± 28

Laurence Harbor, NJ has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.46 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Laurence Harbor, NJ employs 3.2k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Laurence Harbor, NJ were Educational Services (540 people), Retail Trade (456 people), and Construction (445 people), and the highest paying industries were Public Administration ($132,636), Other Services Except Public Administration ($102,697), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($90,610).

Employment

Occupations

3.2k
2024 Value
± 579
11.6%
1 Year growth
± 24.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Laurence Harbor, NJ grew at a rate of 11.6%, from 2.86k employees to 3.2k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Laurence Harbor, NJ, are Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (382 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (344 people), and Management Occupations (311 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Laurence Harbor, NJ.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New Jersey.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

3.2k
2024 Value
± 579
11.6%
1 Year growth
± 24.2%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Laurence Harbor, NJ grew at a rate of 11.6%, from 2.86k employees to 3.2k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Laurence Harbor, NJ, are Educational Services (540 people), Retail Trade (456 people), and Construction (445 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Laurence Harbor, NJ, though some of these residents may live in Laurence Harbor, NJ and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$74,323
Median earning men ± $11,278
$49,385
Median earning women ± $19,653

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($122,159), Other Services Except Public Administration ($103,092), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($86,589).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($78,750), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($59,609), and Retail Trade ($52,093).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New Jersey.
Y-Axis
2.27%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.24M people employed in New Jersey. This represents a 2.27% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 16.5%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Laurence Harbor, NJ was $306,700 in 2024, which is 0.922 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $327,900 to $306,700, a 6.47% decrease. The homeownership rate in Laurence Harbor, NJ is 85.9%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Laurence Harbor, NJ have an average commute time of 31.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Laurence Harbor, NJ is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$306,700
Median Property Value 2024
±$46,376
$2,386
Median Property Taxes
±$417

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Laurence Harbor, NJ the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Laurence Harbor, NJ compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

85.9%
Homeownership
2024
72.3%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 85.9% of the housing units in Laurence Harbor, NJ were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 86%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$84,291
Median Household Income
± $12,565
2.78k
Number of Households
± 527

In 2024, the median household income of the 2.78k households in Laurence Harbor, NJ declined from $84,291 from the previous year's value of $89,500.

The following chart displays the households in Laurence Harbor, NJ distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $60k - $75k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Laurence Harbor, NJ is from New Jersey.
0.486
2023 Wage GINI in New Jersey
0.489
2022 Wage GINI in New Jersey

In 2023, the income inequality in New Jersey was 0.486 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.709% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New Jersey was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New Jersey in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (65.2%)
  2. Worked At Home (17.7%)
  3. Carpooled (9.26%)

In 2024, 65.2% of workers in Laurence Harbor, NJ drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (17.7%) and those who carpooled to work (9.26%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

31.1 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Laurence Harbor, NJ have a longer commute time (31.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 2.32% of the workforce in Laurence Harbor, NJ have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Laurence Harbor, NJ distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Laurence Harbor, NJ have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

9.74% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Laurence Harbor, NJ (603 out of 6.19k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 16 - 17, followed by Males 45 - 54 and then Males 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Laurence Harbor, NJ is Hispanic, followed by Two Or More and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

95.4% of the population of Laurence Harbor, NJ has health coverage, with 50.8% on employee plans, 14.8% on Medicaid, 17.5% on Medicare, 12.2% on non-group plans, and 0% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New Jersey see 1,279 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,279 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1157 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 320 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.2% were men and 51.8% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 14.9% under 18 years, 18.5% between 18 and 34 years, 49.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 17% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.2% were men and 51.8% were women.

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Uninsured People

4.6%
Uninsured
50.8%
Employer Coverage
14.8%
Medicaid
17.5%
Medicare
12.2%
Non-Group
0%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Laurence Harbor, NJ grew by 47% from 3.13% to 4.6%.

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