Thorofare is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within West Deptford Township in northwestern Gloucester County, situated in the South Jersey region of the U.S. state of New Jersey. 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.

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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.

!2020

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|White alone (NH)

| 2,264

| 80.68%

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|Black or African American alone (NH)

| 238

| 8.48%

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|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|4

|0.14%

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|Asian alone (NH)

| 52

|1.85%

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|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|0

|0.00%

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|Other race alone (NH)

|7

| 0.25%

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|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

| 100

| 3.56%

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|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|141

| 5.02%

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|Total

|2,806

| 100.00%

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References

  • Census 2000 Fact Sheet for Zip Code Tabulation Area 08086 from the United States Census Bureau