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Newark, NJ

317,303 Population
24.1 square miles 13,142.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,359 ±$1,702 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,724 ±$410
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
$58,490 ±$3,777 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,852 ±$781
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997

21.8% ±2.9% (66,603  ±8,740) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.5% 2,457,925 (±0.3% / ±48,416)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)

32.7 minutes ±1.4 (4,181,130  ±258,814) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36.5 312,069,860 (±0.2 / ±2,124,253)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.9 131,588,270 (±0.2 / ±1,265,689)

Families

108,018 ±3,928 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,486,828 ±18,178
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
2.8 ±0.1 (304,304  ±998) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,506,840 (±0 / ±6,880)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098

6.4% ±2% (5,331  ±1,642) 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: 4.7% 223,867 (±0.2% / ±9,782)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)

Housing

118,991 ±3,983 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,129,556 ±3,255
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877

$396,600 ±$27,643 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $648,800 ±$2,533
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982

10.3% ±1.7% (32,222  ±5,175.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.6% 1,701,255 (±0.2% / ±37,632.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)

Social

79.2% ±3.6% (159,170  ±8,244) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.5% 12,364,968 (±0.4% / ±61,462.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
21.5% ±2.3% (43,208  ±4,667.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 45% 6,366,678 (±0.3% / ±42,862.1)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)

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

38.5% ±2.4% (122,130  ±7,451) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.8% 6,143,359
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424

1.5% ±0.5% (3,515  ±1,218) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.4% 386,034 (±0.1% / ±10,262)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
3,515 Total veterans ±1,218 3,157 Male ±1,044 358 Female ±406

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