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Watchung, NJ

6,429 Population
6 square miles 1,068.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$85,269 ±$12,969 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,510 ±$245
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$166,536 ±$21,921 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $97,334 ±$454
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

2.1% ±1.8% (130  ±112) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth 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-fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

32 minutes ±9.3 (70,420  ±14,063) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 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 higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

2,327 ±186 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 ±0.2 (6,237  ±19) 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
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

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

Housing

2,429 ±197 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

$833,300 ±$34,208 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $587,400 ±$1,207
  • about double the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

7.6% ±4.1% (486  ±264.8) 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

95.1% ±10.1% (4,460  ±546.1) 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)
62.8% ±8.2% (2,945  ±422.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 43.5% 6,051,126 (±0.2% / ±21,441.6)
  • about 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

24% ±5.1% (1,541  ±326) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.8% 5,892,182
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

3.8% ±1.9% (194  ±99) 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)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
194 Total veterans ±99 151 Male ±85 43 Female ±42

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