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Wallington, NJ

11,825 Population
1 square miles 11,895.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,446 ±$4,369 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,510 ±$245
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$82,422 ±$11,219 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $97,334 ±$454
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

12.1% ±3.1% (1,424  ±364) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.4% 2,416,274 (±0.1% / ±24,918)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

30 minutes ±1.9 (158,095  ±13,929) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 290,532,500 (±0.1 / ±1,085,869)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

4,905 ±273 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
2.4 ±0.1 (11,815  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,350,254
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

7.6% ±4.6% (217  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,816 (±0.1% / ±4,495)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

5,153 ±269 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

$493,700 ±$44,082 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $587,400 ±$1,207
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

7.5% ±3.2% (878  ±373.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.4% 1,837,795 (±0.1% / ±17,907.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

93.3% ±7.7% (8,067  ±738.6) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
36.9% ±5.6% (3,193  ±498.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 43.5% 6,051,126 (±0.2% / ±21,441.6)
  • about 90 percent of 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

42.7% ±4.4% (5,043  ±516) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.8% 5,892,182
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

2.1% ±0.9% (195  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.8% 432,659 (±0% / ±6,334)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
195 Total veterans ±84 168 Male ±79 27 Female ±29

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