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Census Tract 161, Essex, NJ

3,850 Population
0.8 square miles 4,862.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±4.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Upper Montclair: 42.2 ±1.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$86,097 ±$12,238 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Upper Montclair: $112,208 ±$9,219
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $49,449 ±$753
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$236,548 ±$57,675 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Upper Montclair: $250,001
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $80,789 ±$1,638
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

2.1% ±1.5% (76  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Upper Montclair: 1.9% † 239 (±0.8% / ±99)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Essex County: 14.6% 123,563 (±0.6% / ±5,397)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

33.5 minutes ±13.8 (39,160  ±10,117) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Upper Montclair: 42.2 † 145,200 (±8.9 / ±18,298)
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 33.6 11,319,595 (±0.4 / ±193,683)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

1,188 ±181 Number of households
  • Upper Montclair: 4,061 ±285
  • Essex County: 319,788 ±1,015
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
3 ±0.3 (3,594  ±648) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Upper Montclair: 3.1 12,443 (±0.3 / ±855)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 842,424 (±0 / ±513)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

7% ±5.6% (62  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Upper Montclair: 6.5% † 159 (±3.2% / ±81)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Essex County: 5.4% 11,451 (±0.5% / ±1,072)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

1,213 ±179 Number of housing units
  • Upper Montclair: 4,352 ±315
  • Essex County: 336,962 ±208
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$944,900 ±$38,014 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Upper Montclair: $989,000 ±$34,489
  • nearly double the amount in Essex County: $524,100 ±$11,118
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

6% ±4.3% (231  ±169.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Upper Montclair: 7.2% † 883 (±2.3% / ±287.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 10.7% 91,452 (±0.5% / ±4,299)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

98.8% ±28.2% (2,458  ±406.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Upper Montclair: 99% † 8,059 (±11% / ±598.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 86.7% 504,923 (±1% / ±5,999.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
82% ±23.5% (2,041  ±340.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Upper Montclair: 84.7% † 6,896 (±9.5% / ±524.7)
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 39.2% 228,016 (±0.6% / ±3,426.2)
  • nearly double 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

10.8% ±2.5% (415  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Upper Montclair: 10.6% † 1,325 (±2.1% / ±272)
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 30.1% 260,083
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

0.5% ±0.8% (15  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Upper Montclair: 0.8% † 72 (±0.5% / ±46)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Essex County: 2.6% 17,292 (±0.2% / ±1,141)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
15 Total veterans ±22 15 Male ±22 N/A Female ±14

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