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Montclair township, Essex County, NJ

38,634 Population
6.2 square miles 6,193.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$72,859 ±$4,610 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Essex County: $39,695 ±$555
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
$134,308 ±$7,334 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $63,959 ±$1,212
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402

6.6% ±1.8% (2,544  ±703) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 15.3% 119,131 (±0.6% / ±4,333)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)

39.7 minutes ±0.9 (658,955  ±34,450) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 34.8 11,901,770 (±0.4 / ±187,386)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)

Families

14,097 ±413 Number of households
  • Essex County: 290,680 ±1,132
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
2.7 ±0.1 (38,252  ±120) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.7 776,995 (±0 / ±969)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841

3.9% ±1.4% (353  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 5.4% 10,698 (±0.5% / ±998)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)

Housing

15,276 ±438 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 318,385 ±411
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505

$624,600 ±$23,873 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $395,900 ±$4,598
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980

11.8% ±2.2% (4,500  ±836.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 10.4% 82,016 (±0.5% / ±3,812.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)

Social

97.4% ±3.4% (25,234  ±1,046.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 86.7% 466,454 (±1% / ±5,380.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
69.5% ±2.8% (18,007  ±816.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 36.3% 195,110 (±0.6% / ±3,221.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)

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

14.2% ±2% (5,482  ±771) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 27.7% 220,850 (±0.5% / ±3,738)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)

2.3% ±0.5% (637  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 3% 18,326 (±0.2% / ±1,000)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
637 Total veterans ±138 563 Male ±140 74 Female ±55

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