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Union County, NJ

572,726 Population
102.8 square miles 5,573.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$51,743 ±$1,772 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$101,146 ±$4,007 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.5% ±1.3% (48,328  ±7,215) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

31.7 minutes ±0.8 (8,313,325  ±294,267) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 31.4 126,643,450 (±0.3 / ±1,324,142)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

206,095 ±1,720 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.8 ±0 (567,941  ±239) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.7% ±1.1% (7,608  ±1,470) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

213,603 ±133 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$522,500 ±$17,964 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.1% ±1.1% (51,647  ±6,347.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

86.1% ±2.6% (337,638  ±10,110.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
38.4% ±1.6% (150,410  ±6,164) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

33.7% (192,858  ±8,858) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

2.6% ±0.5% (11,386  ±1,992) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
11,386 Total veterans ±1,992 10,977 Male ±1,954 409 Female ±377

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