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Belleville township, Essex County, NJ

37,787 Population
3.3 square miles 11,465.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$39,009 ±$2,694 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Essex County: $45,946 ±$713
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$85,812 ±$8,123 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Essex County: $73,785 ±$1,477
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

11% ±2.7% (4,166  ±1,032) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 15% 125,228 (±0.6% / ±4,607)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

31.2 minutes ±1.6 (562,500  ±39,326) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Essex County: 33.8 11,698,175 (±0.4 / ±188,019)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

13,711 ±580 Number of households
  • Essex County: 312,942 ±1,020
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.8 ±0.1 (37,765  ±53) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.7 831,554 (±0 / ±577)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

5.4% ±1.8% (515  ±180) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 5.5% 11,475 (±0.5% / ±992)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

14,666 ±602 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 334,136 ±252
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$361,200 ±$11,578 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Essex County: $466,500 ±$5,655
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

11.5% ±2.8% (4,283  ±1,044.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Essex County: 10.9% 91,694 (±0.5% / ±4,101.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

86.4% ±4.1% (22,999  ±1,270.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 86.9% 498,286 (±1% / ±5,694.4)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
29.8% ±2.6% (7,925  ±,730.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 37.4% 214,364 (±0.6% / ±3,420.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

36.8% ±3.2% (13,921  ±1,214) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 29% 247,376
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

2.8% ±0.9% (830  ±281) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 2.8% 17,928 (±0.2% / ±1,121)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
830 Total veterans ±281 800 Male ±284 30 Female ±32

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