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West New York town, Hudson County, NJ

52,004 Population
1 square miles 52,360.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hudson County: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,965 ±$2,980 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hudson County: $56,130 ±$927
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,729 ±$6,715 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hudson County: $91,795 ±$1,657
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.4% ±3.2% (10,017  ±1,661) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hudson County: 14.9% 105,974 (±0.7% / ±4,638)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.5 minutes ±2.2 (808,315  ±67,280) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Hudson County: 35.4 10,747,540 (±0.4 / ±196,813)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

20,453 ±695 Number of households
  • Hudson County: 299,682 ±1,343
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (51,989  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hudson County: 2.4 710,716 (±0 / ±240)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±1.9% (756  ±260) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hudson County: 5% 9,580 (±0.4% / ±773)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,736 ±700 Number of housing units
  • Hudson County: 320,959 ±149
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$465,600 ±$38,815 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hudson County: $539,700 ±$11,187
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.8% ±2.3% (6,059  ±1,198.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Hudson County: 12% 84,990 (±0.5% / ±3,867.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

76% ±3.9% (28,083  ±1,606.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hudson County: 88% 458,235 (±1.1% / ±5,798.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.5% ±2.7% (12,368  ±1,045.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hudson County: 48.9% 254,823 (±0.8% / ±4,286.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

60.2% ±2.4% (31,316  ±1,225) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hudson County: 42.8% 307,758
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

0.7% ±0.3% (287  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hudson County: 1.7% 9,900 (±0.1% / ±795)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
287 Total veterans ±136 176 Male ±81 111 Female ±106

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