# New Jersey Senior Housing & Health Data
New Jersey has 577 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 41,086 elderly units, of which 79 are rural and 350 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.
## Portfolio at a glance
- Subsidized senior properties: 577
- Elderly units: 41,086
- HUD Section 202: 187 properties (28,284 units)
- USDA Section 515: 66 properties (3,138 units)
- Rural properties: 79 across 6 rural counties
- HPSA shortage-area properties: 350 (27,822 units)
- Population 65+: 1,559,816 (est. 527,120 living alone)
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Source: HUD, USDA RD, HRSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot 2026-08-04.
Canonical page: https://community.connective.care/data/state/NJ