Pomona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Galloway Township, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Pomona had a population of 7,416. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08240. In 2011, the university changed its mailing address to its main campus (using the street Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway Township, New Jersey).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Pomona CDP had a total area of , all of which was land. 1960 1970<br> 1980 1990 2000<br> 2010 2020
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|2,842
|3,672
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,287
|70.71%
|51.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |44.32%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|319
|708
|style='background: #ffffe6; |858
|7.94%
|9.94%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11.57%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|9
|26
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.22%
|0.36%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|480
|1,569
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,783
|11.94%
|22.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24.04%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.02%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.01%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|7
|35
|style='background: #ffffe6; |50
|0.17%
|0.49%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.67%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|60
|172
|style='background: #ffffe6; |245
|1.49%
|2.41%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.30%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|301
|942
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,189
|7.49%
|13.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16.03%
|-
|Total
|4,019
|7,124
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,416
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Pomona had a population of 7,416. The median age was 41.0 years. 22.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.8% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 89.4 males age 18 and over.
There were 2,257 households in Pomona, of which 39.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 55.1% were married-couple households, 14.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 23.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Of the 2,107 households, 43.4% had children under the age of 18; 58.4% were married couples living together; 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 24.0% were non-families. Of all households, 19.7% were made up of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.19 and the average family size was 3.68.
There were 1,297 households, of which 45.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.7% were non-families. 18.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.05 and the average family size was 3.47.
Galloway Township residents, including those of Pomona, are zoned to Absegami High School.
Assumption Regional Catholic School, under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden, was previously in Pomona, but in September 2007 moved to another campus elsewhere in the township.
Notable people
- Anne Grunow (born ), senior research scientist at Ohio State University in the Byrd Polar Research Center.
- Samuel Ojserkis (born 1990), rower who competed in the men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.