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Kearny town, Hudson County, NJ

41,157 Population
8.8 square miles 4,653.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hudson County: 35.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$35,585 ±$1,751 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hudson County: $51,277 ±$795
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$81,307 ±$2,892 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hudson County: $86,854 ±$1,782
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

10.9% ±2.4% (4,264  ±930) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hudson County: 14.2% 99,546 (±0.6% / ±4,208)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

32.3 minutes ±1.6 (652,600  ±41,541) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hudson County: 35.7 11,335,790 (±0.3 / ±160,192)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

14,703 ±462 Number of households
  • Hudson County: 290,054 ±1,063
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.7 ±0.1 (39,263  ±129) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hudson County: 2.4 703,758 (±0 / ±244)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

5.2% ±1.7% (491  ±160) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hudson County: 5.5% 10,457 (±0.4% / ±701)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

15,362 ±463 Number of housing units
  • Hudson County: 311,964 ±136
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$404,000 ±$19,518 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hudson County: $486,900 ±$7,800
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

9.7% ±1.8% (3,963  ±,722.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hudson County: 12.3% 86,546 (±0.5% / ±3,700.6)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

83.9% ±3.1% (24,660  ±1,172.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hudson County: 87.2% 446,464 (±1.1% / ±5,556.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
28.6% ±2.2% (8,419  ±,695.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hudson County: 46.6% 238,786 (±0.8% / ±4,008.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

45.9% ±2.4% (18,881  ±974) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hudson County: 42.7% 304,156
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

2.5% ±0.6% (830  ±203) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hudson County: 2% 11,099 (±0.2% / ±842)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
830 Total veterans ±203 741 Male ±185 89 Female ±55

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