People QuickFacts Wharton New Jersey Population, 2012 estimate 6,577 8,864,590 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 6,523 8,791,898 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.8% 0.8% Population, 2010 6,522 8,791,894 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.9% 6.2% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 23.9% 23.5% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 11.7% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.8% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 75.9% 68.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 4.6% 13.7% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 5.7% 8.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 4.0% 2.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 40.3% 17.7% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 48.4% 59.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 95.2% 89.7% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 31.8% 20.6% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 46.1% 29.2% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 84.9% 87.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 22.7% 35.0% Veterans, 2007-2011 314 472,716 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 26.1 30.1  Housing units, 2010 2,426 3,553,562 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 64.0% 66.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 33.2% 35.9% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $327,500 $349,100 Households, 2007-2011 2,103 3,180,854 Persons per household, 2007-2011 3.09 2.69 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $27,828 $35,678 Median household income, 2007-2011 $77,663 $71,180 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 6.7% 9.4%     Business QuickFacts Wharton New Jersey Total number of firms, 2007 466 781,622 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 7.7% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 8.7% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 8.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 20.8% 27.3%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 116,608,094 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 30,348 233,413,004 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 206,697 124,813,580 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $33,924 $14,453 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,014 19,993,613     Geography QuickFacts Wharton New Jersey Land area in square miles, 2010 2.15 7,354.22 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,039.1 1,195.5 FIPS Code 80390 34 Counties Morris County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts