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West Milford township, Passaic County, NJ

24,634 Population
76.1 square miles 323.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Passaic County: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$60,258 ±$3,608 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Passaic County: $40,241 ±$737
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$123,930 ±$8,078 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Passaic County: $87,137 ±$1,969
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

3.2% ±1.2% (789  ±289) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Passaic County: 13.7% 69,781 (±0.8% / ±4,012)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

40.9 minutes ±4.3 (422,080  ±30,664) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Passaic County: 27.3 5,997,155 (±0.3 / ±112,124)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

9,799 ±344 Number of households
  • Passaic County: 177,964 ±777
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.5 ±0.1 (24,361  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Passaic County: 2.9 509,540 (±0 / ±182)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

2.7% ±1.5% (131  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Passaic County: 4.2% † 5,002 (±0.5% / ±596)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

10,522 ±334 Number of housing units
  • Passaic County: 185,439 ±158
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$373,200 ±$13,662 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Passaic County: $439,400 ±$4,112
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

5.5% ±1.6% (1,346  ±383.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Passaic County: 8.2% 42,103 (±0.6% / ±2,963.3)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

96.1% ±4.8% (17,746  ±991.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Passaic County: 85.1% 295,540 (±1.2% / ±4,044.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
39.3% ±3.2% (7,255  ±621.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Passaic County: 30.3% 105,257 (±0.7% / ±2,440.6)
  • about 90 percent 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

11.8% ±2.4% (2,901  ±595) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Passaic County: 32.8% 170,056
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

5% ±1.1% (1,010  ±220) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Passaic County: 2.8% 10,892 (±0.2% / ±881)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
1,010 Total veterans ±220 971 Male ±221 39 Female ±37

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