Erlton-Ellisburg was an

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and

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(CDP) located within Cherry Hill Township, in Camden County,

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, United States. As of the

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, the CDP's population was 8,168. The area comprises Erlton and Ellisburg, two neighborhoods in western Cherry Hill. As of the

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, the Erlton-Ellisburg CDP was discontinued and a portion of the old CDP was included in the new Ellisburg CDP.New Jersey: 2010 - Population and Housing Unit Counts - 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH-2-32)

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, August 2012. Accessed October 15, 2012. "Deleted CDPs:... Erlton-Ellisburg CDP (part taken to form Ellisburg CDP)"

Geography

According to the

, the CDP had a total area of 4.9 km² (1.9 mi²), including 4.8 km² (1.9 mi²) of land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of water (1.06%).

Demographics

As of the

there were 8,168 people, 3,517 households, and 2,141 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 1,695.5/km² (4,392.8/mi²). There were 3,648 housing units at an average density of 757.3/km² (1,961.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.96%

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, 3.97%

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, 0.11% Native American, 6.70% Asian, 0.09%

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, 0.92% from

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, and 1.26% from two or more races.

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of any race were 3.81% of the population.DP-1 Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000 from the Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data for the Erlton-Ellisburg CDP, New Jersey
,

. Accessed July 21, 2016. There were 3,517 households, out of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.5% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.1% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.92. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 19.8% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 24.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 84.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.8 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $47,953, and the median income for a family was $60,170. Males had a median income of $47,438 versus $33,096 for females. The

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for the CDP was $25,357. About 3.5% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the

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, including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Erlton include: * Judy Faulkner (born 1943), CEO and co-founder of

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, a healthcare software company."Nearly $3 Million in Transformative Gifts Kickstart Campaign To Permanently Endow Camden Scholars Program"
Moorestown Friends School. Accessed January 1, 2018. "Judy Greenfield Faulkner ’61, Founder and CEO of Epic Systems Corp., also grew up in the Erlton section of Cherry Hill."

References

{{Camden County, New Jersey Census-designated places in Camden County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey Neighborhoods in Cherry Hill, New Jersey