Thorofare is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022. located within West Deptford Township in northwestern Gloucester County, situated in the South Jersey region of the U.S. state of New Jersey.Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08086. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 2,806. As of the 2000 census, the population of a different geographic entity containing Thorofare, namely ZIP Code Tabulation Area 08086, was 5,424.
Checkpoint Systems is headquartered in Thorofare.
Demographics
Thorofare first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
2020 census As of the 2020 census, Thorofare had a population of 2,806. The median age was 56.5 years. 14.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 34.9% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.9 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,324 households, of which 18.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 43.5% were married-couple households, 18.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 31.3% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 34.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,375 housing units, of which 3.7% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.6% and the rental vacancy rate was 5.1%.
+Thorofare CDP, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 20202020White alone (NH) 2,264 80.68%Black or African American alone (NH) 238 8.48%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)40.14%Asian alone (NH) 521.85%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%Other race alone (NH)7 0.25%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 100 3.56%Hispanic or Latino (any race)141 5.02%Total2,806 100.00% References
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from the United States Census Bureau