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Newark, NJ

304,943 Population
24.1 square miles 12,630.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$28,277 ±$2,160 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,000 ±$361
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$53,818 ±$4,208 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $95,220 ±$777
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

23.5% ±2.8% (68,971  ±8,328) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.8% 2,446,378 (±0.3% / ±48,131)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

34 minutes ±1.5 (4,228,805  ±276,039) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 299,717,920 (±0.2 / ±1,953,204)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.4 126,643,450 (±0.3 / ±1,324,142)

Families

114,599 ±4,201 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,490,498 ±17,819
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
2.5 ±0.1 (291,532  ±726) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,090,424 (±0 / ±10,760)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744

6.8% ±2.3% (5,255  ±1,752) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 5% 227,692 (±0.2% / ±10,459)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

121,293 ±4,099 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,083,521 ±4,695
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$403,500 ±$29,695 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $610,200 ±$2,813
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

11.2% ±2.2% (33,711  ±6,492.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.8% 1,694,408 (±0.2% / ±35,860.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

78.8% ±3.9% (156,869  ±8,595.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.9% 12,150,424 (±0.4% / ±59,520.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
20.9% ±2.4% (41,569  ±4,825.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.6% 6,167,831 (±0.3% / ±41,249.5)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)

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

36.7% ±2.8% (111,827  ±8,414) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.5% 5,938,058
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431

3% ±0.8% (6,716  ±1,900) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.5% 390,581 (±0.1% / ±9,777)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
6,716 Total veterans ±1,900 6,115 Male ±1,783 601 Female ±533

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