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Wanamassa, NJ

4,279 Population
1.1 square miles 3,841.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,040 ±$7,867 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$140,972 ±$42,429 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.4% ±4.6% (358  ±213) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.9 minutes ±9.9 (49,465  ±9,797) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,617 ±248 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,409,947 ±10,406
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (4,272  ±933) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.4% ±8.2% (85  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,244 (±0.1% / ±4,356)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,686 ±262 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,038,666 ±1,324
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$570,100 ±$43,073 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $614,200 ±$1,348
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±5.9% (390  ±262.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 1,801,060 (±0.1% / ±19,484.3)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.2% ±26.6% (2,913  ±507.7) 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% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
64.8% ±6.7% (1,903  ±434.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.2% 6,168,034 (±0.2% / ±20,817.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.3% ±2.6% (228  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.2% ±1.5% (73  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
73 Total veterans ±52 73 Male ±52 N/A Female ±14

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