Census-designated place · Burlington County, New Jersey

Fort Dix, New Jersey

Fort Dix is a census-designated place in Burlington County, New Jersey, part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area. It has 7,984 residents. Fort Dix, New Jersey has a quality-of-life score of 76 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,804 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Jersey it ranks #328 of 552 cities and towns. It ranks best on mental health providers (high), depression (low) and income inequality (Gini index) (low). It ranks worst on unemployment rate (high), preventable hospital stays (high) and high school diploma or higher (low).

76High

Quality-of-life score: #3,804 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Jersey: #328 of 552 in NJ
Population: 7,984 (2020-2024)
Land area: 10 mi²
Density: 781.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 3424300

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety76#3,814/15,637
Economy68#4,940/15,631
Housing—
Health78#3,501/15,609
Healthcare87#2,026/15,650
Environment23#11,918/15,453
Education38#9,653/15,649
Infrastructure88#1,818/15,650
Community77#3,607/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,067/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fort Dix, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Burlington County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Mental health providers · high1,200 /100k
100/100New Jersey 329 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBurlington County value
Depression · low12.6%
100/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.301
98/100New Jersey 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Food environment index · high9.2
92/100New Jersey 9.3United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBurlington County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100New Jersey 1.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBurlington County value
Firearm deaths · low4.3 /100k
91/100New Jersey 4.0 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBurlington County value

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high12.0%
6/100New Jersey 5.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Preventable hospital stays · high3,820 /100k
12/100New Jersey 3,143 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBurlington County value
High school diploma or higher · low81.0%
14/100New Jersey 90.7%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Bachelor's degree or higher · low13.4%
14/100New Jersey 43.6%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Rent as share of income · high35.3%
17/100New Jersey 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Restaurants and bars · low6.2 /10k
21/100New Jersey 8.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBurlington County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
71.6% (2015-2019) → 59.6% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$72,031 (2015-2019) → $92,303 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherWorsening
84.4% (2015-2019) → 81.0% (2020-2024)
−3.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
16.7% (2015-2019) → 13.4% (2020-2024)
−3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateImproving
11.5% (2015-2019) → 8.4% (2020-2024)
−3.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateWorsening
9.1% (2015-2019) → 12.0% (2020-2024)
+2.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Fort Dix, New Jersey improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Fort Dix, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	15.3 min2015-2019	15.4 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	46%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%2015-2019	13.4%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Broadband subscriptions	98.4%2015-2019	97.8%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Child poverty rate	11.5%2015-2019	8.4%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	61%
High school diploma or higher	84.4%2015-2019	81.0%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3112015-2019	0.3012020-2024	−0.010	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$72,0312015-2019	$92,3032020-2024	+28%	Within the margin of error	51%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	34.4%2015-2019	35.3%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Rent-burdened households	71.6%2015-2019	59.6%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	86%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Fort Dix, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fort Dix, New Jersey in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Fort Dix, New Jersey itself moved −2.1 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,984 residents (±740)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−6.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

7,984 residents (±740)

Fort Dix, New Jersey
New Jersey share

White39%3,103
Black27%2,159
Hispanic or Latino28%†2,275

Education

5,870 residents (±388)

Fort Dix, New Jersey
New Jersey share

No high school diploma19%1,114
High school or GED49%2,865
Some college14%800

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

789 households (±166)

Fort Dix, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k1.5%†12
$25k–50k11%†90
$50k–75k22%†173
$75k–100k18%†140
$100k–150k30%†235
$150k–200k12%†94
$200k or more5.7%†45

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−12.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

789 households (±166)

Fort Dix, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own0.3%†2
Rent99.7%787

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

775 households (±167)

Fort Dix, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $7500.4%†3
$750–1,0001.4%†11
$1,000–1,5001.0%†8

Home values

2 homes (±3)

Fort Dix, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $150k0.0%0
$150k–250k100%†2
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

1,037 homes (±177)

Fort Dix, New Jersey
New Jersey share

2010 or later28%288
2000–200933%340
1980–199931%†318

Size of homes

1,037 homes (±177)

Fort Dix, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Studio1.7%†18
1 bedroom8.6%†89
2 bedrooms15%†156

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,677 workers (±211)

Fort Dix, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone72%1,212
Carpool14%†237
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.7%†79
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.8%†114
Other2.1%†35

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+4.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,563 workers (±227)

Fort Dix, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under 15 min63%978
15–29 min28%†438
30–44 min2.8%†44

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Burlington County, the county holding most of Fort Dix's residents.

Burlington County has 10,703 employer establishments, 227 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.89× New Jersey's), with 199,706 paid employees at an average annual pay of $64,106. The Census Bureau also counts 37,263 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 10,703; 37,263 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 227; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 199,706
Average annual pay: $64,106; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Burlington County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	975	20.6	0.99×About typical	13,784	$77,475	1,827
Restaurants and other eating places	747	15.8	0.86×About typical	12,336	$23,256	173
Specialty trade contractors	631	13.4	0.86×About typical	5,332	$84,784	2,067
Lessors of real estate	365	7.7	0.63×Fewer than typical	1,742	$70,235	4,537
Services to buildings and dwellings	359	7.6	1.13×About typical	2,742	$47,581	1,400
Limited-service restaurants	352	7.5	0.93×About typical	5,274	$20,048	80
Construction of buildings	332	7	0.93×About typical	1,612	$72,350	850
Personal care services	321	6.8	1.42×More than typical	2,206	$25,492	852
Offices of other health practitioners	303	6.4	1.06×About typical	1,626	$50,542	863
Computer systems design and related services	301	6.4	1.47×More than typical	4,202	$115,134	492
Offices of physicians	284	6	0.93×About typical	4,737	$100,660	392
Full-service restaurants	282	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	5,915	$26,832	62

Rank places for an industry Open Burlington County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 472,273 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $40.3M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Fort Dix, New Jersey: $5,045 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $40.3M; +50% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,045; US $1,995
Sole-source: 3.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.6%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$35.6M88%
Department of the Air Force$2.4M5.9%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$2M4.9%
Defense Logistics Agency$261K0.6%
Washington Headquarters Services$92.9K0.2%
Defense Information Systems Agency$36.9K0.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

59.9MFY2017
45.9MFY2018
35.1MFY2019
69.4MFY2020
21.7MFY2021
29.7MFY2022
27.3MFY2023
30.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$26.7M66%
Facilities support services · 5612$6.8M17%
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing · 3334$1.6M4.1%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.2M3.0%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$607.6K1.5%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Fort Dix, New Jersey, so they do not add up across cities.

Fort Dix, New Jersey's figures are part of those of Burlington County, NJ ($2.9B in FY2026), never added to them: 1.4% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Fort Dix is mostly in Burlington County.

See federal money in Burlington County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Fort Dix, New Jersey is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Burlington County84100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD73

Other cities and towns in Burlington County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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