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Harrison town, Hudson County, NJ

20,369 Population
1.2 square miles 16,817.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hudson County: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$51,945 ±$4,385 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hudson County: $56,130 ±$927
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$93,013 ±$12,460 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Hudson County: $91,795 ±$1,657
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

11.8% ±3% (2,407  ±605) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hudson County: 14.9% 105,974 (±0.7% / ±4,638)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

40.7 minutes ±3 (398,375  ±44,361) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hudson County: 35.4 10,747,540 (±0.4 / ±196,813)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

9,389 ±472 Number of households
  • Hudson County: 299,682 ±1,343
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.2 ±0.1 (20,358  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hudson County: 2.4 710,716 (±0 / ±240)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

4.2% ±2.9% (231  ±160) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hudson County: 5% 9,580 (±0.4% / ±773)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

10,062 ±508 Number of housing units
  • Hudson County: 320,959 ±149
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$505,800 ±$53,924 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hudson County: $539,700 ±$11,187
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

15.7% ±3.2% (3,160  ±645.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hudson County: 12% 84,990 (±0.5% / ±3,867.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

89.6% ±6.1% (14,072  ±1,105) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hudson County: 88% 458,235 (±1.1% / ±5,798.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
50.7% ±4.8% (7,974  ±817.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hudson County: 48.9% 254,823 (±0.8% / ±4,286.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

54.5% ±4.3% (11,100  ±871) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hudson County: 42.8% 307,758
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

2.4% ±1.1% (395  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hudson County: 1.7% 9,900 (±0.1% / ±795)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
395 Total veterans ±186 395 Male ±186 N/A Female ±26

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