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Glen Ridge borough, Essex County, NJ

7,943 Population
1.3 square miles 6,231 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$94,908 ±$11,424 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Essex County: $49,449 ±$753
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$250,001 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $80,789 ±$1,638
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

1.1% ±0.7% (85  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Essex County: 14.6% 123,563 (±0.6% / ±5,397)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

35.8 minutes ±9 (83,055  ±14,651) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 33.6 11,319,595 (±0.4 / ±193,683)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

2,490 ±152 Number of households
  • Essex County: 319,788 ±1,015
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
3.2 ±0.2 (7,918  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 842,424 (±0 / ±513)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

1.8% ±2.7% (32  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 5.4% 11,451 (±0.5% / ±1,072)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

2,569 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 336,962 ±208
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$836,600 ±$54,823 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $524,100 ±$11,118
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

2.2% ±2.1% (174  ±163.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Essex County: 10.7% 91,452 (±0.5% / ±4,299)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

99.8% ±10% (4,845  ±534.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 86.7% 504,923 (±1% / ±5,999.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
81.4% ±8.4% (3,954  ±449.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 39.2% 228,016 (±0.6% / ±3,426.2)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

10.3% ±2.3% (821  ±180) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Essex County: 30.1% 260,083
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

1.3% ±1.2% (71  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 2.6% 17,292 (±0.2% / ±1,141)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
71 Total veterans ±68 71 Male ±68 N/A Female ±20

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