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Montclair township, Essex County, NJ

38,427 Population
6.2 square miles 6,160.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$74,618 ±$3,616 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Essex County: $38,722 ±$479
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $42,745 ±$199
$126,844 ±$10,804 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $61,510 ±$1,035
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $82,545 ±$400

6.4% ±1% (2,426  ±391) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 15.8% 122,569 (±0.5% / ±4,149)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 10% 869,081 (±0.2% / ±15,206)

40.2 minutes ±0.7 (714,175  ±28,062) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 35 12,392,695 (±0.4 / ±161,568)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32.2 133,166,730 (±0.1 / ±581,610)

Families

14,593 ±341 Number of households
  • Essex County: 285,908 ±1,230
  • New Jersey: 3,231,874 ±7,167
2.6 ±0.1 (38,044  ±145) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Essex County: 2.7 773,856 (±0 / ±1,034)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,694,933 (±0)

3.8% ±1% (349  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 5.2% 10,314 (±0.4% / ±764)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,738 (±0.1% / ±2,285)

Housing

15,530 ±365 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 317,314 ±427
  • New Jersey: 3,616,614 ±596

$624,700 ±$22,484 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $386,000 ±$4,102
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $335,600 ±$797

10.6% ±1.5% (4,035  ±561.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Essex County: 10.4% 81,725 (±0.5% / ±3,552.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 898,984 (±0.1% / ±11,270.3)

Social

96.6% ±2.9% (25,422  ±883.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 86.1% 460,207 (±0.8% / ±4,309.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.8% 5,520,448 (±0.3% / ±16,297.9)
69.6% ±2.3% (18,325  ±687.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Essex County: 35.5% 189,550 (±0.5% / ±2,568)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 39.7% 2,440,951 (±0.2% / ±9,872.7)

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

13.5% ±1.4% (5,183  ±553) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 27.2% 216,152 (±0.5% / ±3,673)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 22.4% 1,992,027 (±0.1% / ±11,424)

2.7% ±0.5% (766  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 3% 18,419 (±0.2% / ±951)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 321,991 (±0.1% / ±3,253)
766 Total veterans ±141 658 Male ±123 108 Female ±83

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