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Montclair township, Essex County, NJ

38,572 Population
6.2 square miles 6,183.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$66,476 ±$3,229 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Essex County: $35,133 ±$433
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $39,069 ±$182
$113,293 ±$4,967 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Essex County: $57,365 ±$959
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $76,475 ±$425

8% ±1.4% (3,074  ±542) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 16.7% 130,583 (±0.5% / ±3,540)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 10.7% 938,252 (±0.1% / ±12,067)

38.5 minutes ±0.9 (686,445  ±26,978) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 34.4 12,076,220 (±0.3 / ±139,285)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.5 129,616,480 (±0.1 / ±516,416)

Families

14,338 ±340 Number of households
  • Essex County: 280,327 ±1,247
  • New Jersey: 3,199,111 ±7,594
2.7 ±0.1 (38,187  ±140) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Essex County: 2.8 779,268 (±0 / ±796)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,774,359 (±0)

3.5% ±1% (337  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Essex County: 4.9% 10,044 (±0.4% / ±788)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 100,779 (±0.1% / ±2,275)

Housing

15,158 ±356 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 315,186 ±354
  • New Jersey: 3,595,055 ±1,051

$604,200 ±$21,480 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $362,300 ±$3,025
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $321,100 ±$871

9.8% ±1.3% (3,749  ±504.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 10.5% 82,703 (±0.4% / ±3,196.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 10% 883,937 (±0.1% / ±11,062)

Social

95.9% ±2.9% (24,917  ±875.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 85.3% 455,773 (±0.8% / ±4,150.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.2% 5,496,917 (±0.3% / ±16,179.6)
70.1% ±2.4% (18,205  ±715.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 34% 181,918 (±0.5% / ±2,557.4)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 38.1% 2,347,836 (±0.2% / ±9,829.7)

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

13.5% ±1.4% (5,209  ±551) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 25.8% 206,581 (±0.4% / ±3,234)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 22.1% 1,979,156 (±0.1% / ±11,016)

3% ±0.5% (858  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 3.3% 20,121 (±0.1% / ±770)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 351,542 (±0.1% / ±3,627)
858 Total veterans ±150 757 Male ±141 101 Female ±64

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