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Assembly District 16, NJ

227,061 Population
287.5 square miles 789.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$75,223 ±$1,701 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$156,106 ±$5,108 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527
  • about double the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

3.8% ±0.4% (8,252  ±887) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

32.9 minutes ±0.5 (2,947,175  ±83,954) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

81,615 ±887 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.7 ±0 (217,673  ±523) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.7% ±0.6% (1,962  ±320) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

83,797 ±865 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$572,600 ±$6,985 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.7% ±0.9% (24,218  ±2,088.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

96.2% ±1.6% (149,046  ±2,817.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
66.8% ±1.4% (103,570  ±2,326) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

25.6% ±0.9% (58,064  ±2,080) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

3.2% ±0.3% (5,659  ±501) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
5,659 Total veterans ±501 5,225 Male ±489 434 Female ±167

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