Fort Dix

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Fort Dix

Total population

7,984

Median home value

$0

13.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$92,303

Fort Dix$92k

National$74k

Weather67°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates40.01°, -74.61°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Fort Dix, the common name for the Army Support Activity (ASA) located at Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, is a United States Army post. It is located 16.1 miles (25.9 km) south-southeast of Trenton, New Jersey. Fort Dix is under the jurisdiction of the Air Force Air Mobility Command. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Fort Dix census-designated place (CDP) had a total population of 7,716, of which 5,951 were in New Hanover Township, 1,765 were in Pemberton Township, and none were in Springfield Township.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Fort Dix, NJ from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

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James Sloan

American politician

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Jay Johnson

American singer (1928-1954)

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John Orus Bennett III

American politician

Liver-Eating Johnson

mountain man of the American Old West. (1824–1900)

Wesley A. Swift

American Methodist minister (1913–1970)

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Keeril Makan

American composer and music educator

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Paul Jappe

American football player (1898-1989)

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Sandra Scoppettone

American fiction writer

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Tom Hanson

American football player (1907–1985)

L. J. Smith

American football player

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Lisa Banta

American paralympic athlete and goalball player

Constantine Maroulis

American singer

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Luigi Zaninelli

American composer

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Mike Andrew Hentz

American photographer (born 1954)

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Andrew Overtoom

American animation director

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Jodi Lynn Anderson

American children's writer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New Jersey

• McGuire AFB
  2 mi away
• Juliustown
  3.2 mi away
• Jobstown
  5 mi away
• New Egypt
  6.1 mi away · pop. 2,050
• Presidential Lakes Estates
  6.8 mi away
• Vincentown
  8.8 mi away
• Leisuretowne
  9.3 mi away
• Crosswicks
  9.4 mi away
• Cream Ridge
  9.6 mi away
• Allentown
  12 mi away
• Florence
  13.1 mi away
• Burlington
  13.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Fort Dix

The history of Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1917-1967

United States. Army Training Center Infantry, Fort Dix, N.J. · 1967

United States Army Training Center, Infantry, Fort Dix, New Jersey

United States. Army · 1975

Review of the Army's decision to disestablish the training center at Fort Dix, New Jersey

United States. General Accounting Office · 1979

United States Army Training Center Infantry Fort Dix New Jersey, the Home of the Ultimate Weapon [COMPANY F, 2ND Training Regiment, GRADUATION

Joint public hearing before Senate Senior Citizen and Veteran Affairs Committee and Assembly Veterans and Military Affairs Committee

New Jersey. Legislature. Senate. Senior Citizen and Veteran Affairs Committee. · 1990

Fort Dix

Daniel Zimmerman · 2001

Resolution of inquiry on Fort Dix, NJ

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. · 1989

United States Army Training Center, Infantry, Fort Dix, N.J.

United States. Army · 1970

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