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Wikipedia / Flanders, New Jersey

Flanders is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mount Olive Township, in southwestern Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,832. Flanders is served by the U.S. Postal Service as ZIP Code 07836.

Geography

Flanders is in southeastern Mount Olive Township, bordered to the east by Ledgewood and Succasunna in Roxbury Township and to the south by Chester Township. U.S. Route 206 passes through the community to the west of its center, leading north to Netcong and south to Chester.

Flanders lies in the German Valley, between highlands that rise to the northwest and to the southeast. Drakes Brook, a southwest-flowing tributary of the South Branch of the Raritan River, passes through the center of town. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Flanders CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.36%, are water.

Demographics

Flanders first appeared as a census-designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Flanders had a population of 9,832.

The median age was 40.2 years. 21.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.4 males age 18 and over.

98.1% of residents lived in urban areas, while 1.9% lived in rural areas.

There were 3,792 households in Flanders, of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 56.4% were married-couple households, 15.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 21.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 3,967 housing units, of which 4.4% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.6% and the rental vacancy rate was 6.6%.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

Pop 2020

2020

White alone (NH)

7,049

71.69%

Black or African American alone (NH)

462

4.70%

Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

4

0.04%

Asian alone (NH)

587

5.97%

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

0

0.00%

Other race alone (NH)

39

0.40%

Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

338

3.44%

Hispanic or Latino (any race)

1,353

13.76%

Total

9,832

100.00%

Flanders CDP, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition

2010 census

As of the 2010 census, the population of the Flanders ZIP Code Tabulation Area was 12,568. This represented an increase of 351 (+2.9%) from the 2000 census.

2000 census

As of the 2000 census, the population was 12,217.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Flanders include:

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