Voorhees (CDP), New Jersey

Voorhees is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Franklin Township, in Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the CDP's population was 1,959.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Voorhees had a total area of 0.718 square miles (1.860 km2), all of which was land.

2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 976 people, 301 households, and 248 families in the CDP. The population density was 1359.2 /sqmi. There were 317 housing units at an average density of 441.5 /sqmi. The racial makeup was 16.80% (164) White, 62.91% (614) Black or African American, 1.43% (14) Native American, 5.94% (58) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 8.71% (85) from other races, and 4.20% (41) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.98% (234) of the population.

Of the 301 households, 43.9% had children under the age of 18; 41.5% were married couples living together; 32.2% had a female householder with no husband present and 17.6% were non-families. Of all households, 13.3% were made up of individuals and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.24 and the average family size was 3.53.

32.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31.3 years. For every 100 females, the population had 80.1 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 75.4 males.