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Brookside, NJ

1,287 Population
2.4 square miles 535.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±13.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$109,760 ±$22,317 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,510 ±$245
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$250,001 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $97,334 ±$454
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

2.8% ±3.2% (36  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.4% 2,416,274 (±0.1% / ±24,918)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

25.3 minutes ±15.7 (15,385  ±5,915) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 290,532,500 (±0.1 / ±1,085,869)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

485 ±133 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,362,500 ±10,268
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.7 ±0.3 (1,287  ±385) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,350,254
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

485 ±133 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,991,914 ±1,323
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$892,500 ±$47,977 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $587,400 ±$1,207
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

10.6% ±7.3% (137  ±102.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.4% 1,837,795 (±0.1% / ±17,907.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

99.4% ±35.5% (827  ±199.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,182,060 (±0.2% / ±31,146.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
72.7% ±7.9% (605  ±172.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 43.5% 6,051,126 (±0.2% / ±21,441.6)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

13.8% ±8.8% (178  ±125) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.8% 5,892,182
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

4% ±3.1% (40  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.8% 432,659 (±0% / ±6,334)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
40 Total veterans ±33 40 Male ±33 N/A Female ±14

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