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Hillside township, Union County, NJ

22,349 Population
2.8 square miles 8,077.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Union County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$37,421 ±$2,475 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Union County: $52,874 ±$936
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$99,528 ±$8,370 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Union County: $103,202 ±$2,659
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

10.7% ±3% (2,339  ±667) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 9.2% 52,582 (±0.5% / ±2,807)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

29.7 minutes ±2.1 (312,730  ±28,747) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 30.2 7,522,000 (±0.4 / ±131,274)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

7,032 ±392 Number of households
  • Union County: 203,277 ±863
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
3.2 ±0.2 (22,311  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 2.8 573,546 (±0 / ±508)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

7.2% ±2.4% (399  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Union County: 5.4% 7,341 (±0.5% / ±687)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

7,457 ±434 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 212,385 ±197
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$397,400 ±$15,669 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Union County: $529,200 ±$8,258
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

9.8% ±2.4% (2,169  ±533.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Union County: 9.5% 54,314 (±0.6% / ±3,358.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

87.4% ±4.8% (13,018  ±895.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 86.3% 340,861 (±1.2% / ±4,698.9)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
27.8% ±3.5% (4,134  ±544.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Union County: 38.9% 153,496 (±0.7% / ±2,854.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

42.8% ±4.1% (9,560  ±906) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 33.6% 194,636
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

1.5% ±0.6% (251  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Union County: 2.5% 11,260 (±0.2% / ±831)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
251 Total veterans ±108 245 Male ±109 6 Female ±10

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