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Montclair township, Essex County, NJ

38,296 Population
6.2 square miles 6,139.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$70,205 ±$3,047 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Essex County: $37,141 ±$421
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $40,895 ±$197
$117,151 ±$4,338 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Essex County: $59,302 ±$1,069
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $79,363 ±$386

7.6% ±1.3% (2,871  ±481) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 16.4% 127,250 (±0.5% / ±4,128)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 10.4% 904,132 (±0.2% / ±13,835)

39.5 minutes ±1.1 (692,995  ±27,053) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 34.6 12,171,765 (±0.3 / ±146,861)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.8 130,635,610 (±0.1 / ±519,284)

Families

14,469 ±279 Number of households
  • Essex County: 282,502 ±1,195
  • New Jersey: 3,213,362 ±6,651
2.6 ±0.1 (37,912  ±136) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Essex County: 2.7 772,245 (±0 / ±1,149)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,697,059 (±0)

3.4% ±1.1% (317  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 5.2% 10,313 (±0.3% / ±672)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,729 (±0.1% / ±2,120)

Housing

15,411 ±311 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 316,136 ±465
  • New Jersey: 3,605,401 ±471

$617,300 ±$19,767 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $372,600 ±$3,566
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $327,900 ±$841

10.1% ±1.2% (3,840  ±466) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 10.5% 82,655 (±0.4% / ±3,327.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 10.1% 891,243 (±0.1% / ±10,510.3)

Social

96.4% ±3.1% (25,114  ±911.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 85.8% 456,256 (±0.8% / ±4,198.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.5% 5,488,429 (±0.3% / ±15,972)
70% ±2.7% (18,230  ±757.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Essex County: 34.8% 185,092 (±0.5% / ±2,622.9)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 38.9% 2,384,056 (±0.2% / ±9,440.3)

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

13.5% ±1.3% (5,156  ±495) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 26.5% 209,992 (±0.4% / ±3,292)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 22.2% 1,968,060 (±0.1% / ±9,950)

2.8% ±0.5% (808  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 3.1% 18,906 (±0.1% / ±648)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 333,835 (±0.1% / ±3,178)
808 Total veterans ±152 720 Male ±135 88 Female ±70

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