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Paterson city, Passaic County, NJ

156,419 Population
8.4 square miles 18,592.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Passaic County: 38.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$23,741 ±$1,560 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Passaic County: $38,873 ±$1,404
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$56,907 ±$5,305 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Passaic County: $82,825 ±$3,562
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

23.5% ±4% (36,615  ±6,230) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Passaic County: 14.1% † 71,269 (±1.6% / ±8,044)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

22.9 minutes ±1.7 (1,529,360  ±139,134) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Passaic County: 27.5 6,123,740 (±1 / ±263,056)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 31.4 126,643,450 (±0.3 / ±1,324,142)

Families

51,969 ±2,128 Number of households
  • Passaic County: 178,277 ±1,551
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
3 ±0.1 (155,482  ±115) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Passaic County: 2.8 504,657 (±0 / ±364)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744

2% ±1.3% (758  ±512) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Passaic County: 3.4% † 3,998 (±1.1% / ±1,334)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

54,554 ±2,177 Number of housing units
  • Passaic County: 186,178 ±150
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$415,100 ±$25,771 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Passaic County: $465,700 ±$7,086
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

10.5% ±2.8% (16,110  ±4,265.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Passaic County: 8.4% † 42,464 (±1.2% / ±6,142.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

72.5% ±4% (72,252  ±4,411.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Passaic County: 83.9% 289,921 (±2.3% / ±8,005.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
11.8% ±1.9% (11,718  ±1,930.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Passaic County: 31% 107,142 (±1.3% / ±4,500)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)

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

46.3% ±3.3% (72,475  ±5,228) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Passaic County: 34.6% 177,543
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431

1.1% ±0.5% (1,280  ±533) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Passaic County: 2.4% † 9,239 (±0.4% / ±1,473)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
1,280 Total veterans ±533 1,096 Male ±499 184 Female ±235

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