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Montclair township, Essex County, NJ

38,130 Population
6.2 square miles 6,112.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 37 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$65,688 ±$2,712 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in Essex County: $33,482 ±$386
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $37,538 ±$171
$102,349 ±$5,691 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Essex County: $54,860 ±$1,033
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $73,702 ±$377

7.7% ±1.3% (2,906  ±502) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 17.2% 132,940 (±0.5% / ±3,850)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 10.9% 949,341 (±0.1% / ±12,528)

37.6 minutes ±0.9 (660,350  ±28,090) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 33.9 11,591,080 (±0.4 / ±158,743)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.2 126,616,585 (±0.1 / ±481,270)

Families

14,513 ±332 Number of households
  • Essex County: 279,480 ±1,181
  • New Jersey: 3,195,014 ±6,205
2.6 ±0.1 (37,747  ±161) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Essex County: 2.8 771,272 (±0 / ±882)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,728,101 (±0)

3.8% ±0.9% (359  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 5.2% 10,446 (±0.3% / ±637)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 103,847 (±0.1% / ±2,166)

Housing

15,248 ±356 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 314,384 ±332
  • New Jersey: 3,586,442 ±430

$596,600 ±$15,911 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $356,300 ±$3,593
  • nearly double the amount in New Jersey: $316,400 ±$795

10.1% ±1.3% (3,817  ±484.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 10.9% 85,144 (±0.4% / ±3,383.3)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 870,207 (±0.1% / ±11,036.9)

Social

95.2% ±2.7% (24,579  ±832.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 84.7% 446,276 (±0.8% / ±4,197.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 88.9% 5,433,934 (±0.3% / ±15,254.5)
68.7% ±2.3% (17,729  ±676.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Essex County: 33.3% 175,623 (±0.5% / ±2,476.4)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 37.5% 2,290,041 (±0.2% / ±9,474.4)

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

13.5% ±1.4% (5,135  ±551) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 25.1% 198,816 (±0.5% / ±3,709)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 21.8% 1,943,338 (±0.1% / ±11,145)

3.4% ±0.4% (961  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Essex County: 3.6% 21,582 (±0.2% / ±888)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 371,383 (±0% / ±2,974)
961 Total veterans ±122 817 Male ±120 144 Female ±67

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