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Kearny town, Hudson County, NJ

40,570 Population
8.8 square miles 4,587.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hudson County: 35.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,169 ±$2,027 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hudson County: $53,998 ±$841
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$83,212 ±$5,423 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hudson County: $90,032 ±$1,688
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

12.5% ±2.6% (4,811  ±992) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hudson County: 14.8% 103,860 (±0.7% / ±4,614)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

33.5 minutes ±2.1 (660,720  ±49,465) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Hudson County: 35.5 10,936,720 (±0.5 / ±187,218)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

14,756 ±463 Number of households
  • Hudson County: 295,552 ±1,294
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.6 ±0.1 (38,692  ±163) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hudson County: 2.4 702,456 (±0 / ±245)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

6.4% ±1.9% (586  ±181) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hudson County: 5.2% 9,777 (±0.4% / ±831)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

15,340 ±494 Number of housing units
  • Hudson County: 317,032 ±187
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$431,700 ±$14,935 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hudson County: $508,600 ±$12,318
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

10.5% ±2% (4,191  ±787.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hudson County: 11.7% 81,994 (±0.6% / ±3,827.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

84.2% ±3.6% (24,699  ±1,202.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hudson County: 87.9% 452,333 (±1% / ±5,361.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
29.4% ±2.4% (8,634  ±736.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hudson County: 47.9% 246,539 (±0.7% / ±3,820)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

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

44.8% ±2.7% (18,171  ±1,076) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Hudson County: 42.6% 302,507
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

2.6% ±0.7% (847  ±219) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hudson County: 1.8% 10,289 (±0.1% / ±752)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
847 Total veterans ±219 773 Male ±207 74 Female ±51

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