Of the 22,840 households, 9.7% had children under the age of 18 42.5% were married couples living together 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present and 48.8% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.79% (2,062) of the population. There were 25,886 housing units at an average density of 317.2 per square mile (122.5/km 2). The population density was 527.7 per square mile (203.7/km 2). The 2010 United States census counted 43,070 people, 22,840 households, and 11,694 families in the township. The 2020 United States census counted 45,115 people in the township. Demographics Historical population Census The township is one of 11 municipalities in Ocean County that are part of the Toms River watershed. Manchester's largest development, Pine Lake Park, is known for its man-made lake, Pine Lake, built in the 1970s. The township completely surrounds the independent borough of Lakehurst, making it part of 21 pairs of 'doughnut towns' in the state, where one municipality entirely surrounds another. The township borders Berkeley Township, Jackson Township, Lacey Township, Plumsted Township and Toms River Township in Ocean County and both Pemberton Township and Woodland Township in Burlington County. Cedar Glen Lakes, Cedar Glen West, Crestwood Village, Pine Ridge, Fox Hollow, Lakewood Heights, Keswick Grove, Winwood, Timbergreen, and Roosevelt City are all within Whiting which makes up the largest territory in Manchester in geography and demographics with 33,180 out of 45,115 people. Other unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Beckerville, Boyds Hotel, Brainards, Brick Yards, Buckingham, Giberson, Goose Pond, Horican, Keswick Grove, Old Halfway, Pasadena, Pine Lake Park Estates, Ridgeway, Roosevelt City and Whiting. Leisure Village West-Pine Lake Park had been a combined CDP through the 2000 United States Census and was split as of the 2010 enumeration.

Pine Ridge at Crestwood (2,369 ) are all unincorporated communities and census-designated places (CDPs) located within Manchester Township. Ĭedar Glen Lakes (with a 2010 Census population of 1,421 ), Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township had a total area of 82.51 square miles (213.70 km 2), including 81.42 square miles (210.87 km 2) of land and 1.09 square miles (2.83 km 2) of water (1.32%). The township was named by William Torrey for Manchester, England.

Portions of the township were taken to form Lakehurst on April 7, 1921. Manchester Township was incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 6, 1865, from portions of Dover Township (now Toms River Township). The 2020 population was the highest recorded in any decennial census.

As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 45,115, an increase of 2,045 (+4.7%) from the 2010 census count of 43,070, which in turn reflected an increase of 4,142 (+10.6%) from the 38,928 counted in the 2000 census. The township is noted for containing the Lakehurst Naval Air Station, the site of the infamous Hindenburg disaster of May 6, 1937. Manchester Township is a township in Ocean County, in the U.S.

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