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Bridgeton city, Cumberland County, NJ

26,836 Population
6.2 square miles 4,308.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cumberland County: 37.6 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$17,488 ±$1,465 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Cumberland County: $33,587 ±$2,440
  • about one-third of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$46,124 ±$6,899 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cumberland County: $64,499 ±$1,963
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

31.7% ±5.6% (7,405  ±1,322) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Cumberland County: 16.3% 23,410 (±1.4% / ±2,049)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

28.2 minutes ±2.6 (251,165  ±32,565) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 25 1,464,240 (±0.9 / ±59,230)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

7,097 ±414 Number of households
  • Cumberland County: 53,341 ±486
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
3.3 ±0.2 (23,580  ±213) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cumberland County: 2.7 143,219 (±0 / ±366)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

7.3% ±4.4% (472  ±285) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cumberland County: 4.3% † 1,398 (±1.2% / ±379)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

7,681 ±429 Number of housing units
  • Cumberland County: 57,203 ±140
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$134,400 ±$15,645 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cumberland County: $205,600 ±$4,394
  • about one-third of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

7.4% ±1.4% (1,974  ±382.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 9.4% † 14,355 (±1% / ±1,437.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

65.8% ±5.1% (10,049  ±874.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cumberland County: 81.3% 83,726 (±2.2% / ±2,234.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
5.8% ±1.7% (892  ±263.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Cumberland County: 17.9% 18,484 (±1% / ±1,018.7)
  • less than a fifth 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

25.5% ±2.8% (6,850  ±755) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Cumberland County: 12.1% 18,523
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

1% ±0.7% (175  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Cumberland County: 4.8% 5,587 (±0.4% / ±488)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
175 Total veterans ±126 142 Male ±124 33 Female ±25

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