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Wayne township, Passaic County, NJ

54,143 Population
23.7 square miles 2,282.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Passaic County: 37.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$63,573 ±$2,739 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Passaic County: $38,932 ±$675
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$147,740 ±$7,597 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Passaic County: $84,465 ±$1,564
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

2.8% ±0.6% (1,429  ±329) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Passaic County: 13.5% 68,995 (±0.7% / ±3,604)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

29.9 minutes ±0.7 (663,675  ±32,994) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Passaic County: 27.2 6,125,765 (±0.4 / ±117,297)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

18,907 ±474 Number of households
  • Passaic County: 177,209 ±550
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.7 ±0.1 (51,784  ±92) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Passaic County: 2.9 511,407 (±0 / ±173)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

3.5% ±1.3% (407  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Passaic County: 4.8% † 5,821 (±0.5% / ±592)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

19,513 ±462 Number of housing units
  • Passaic County: 184,830 ±107
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$565,700 ±$14,701 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Passaic County: $413,500 ±$4,741
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

7.4% ±1.4% (3,992  ±,728.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Passaic County: 8.6% 44,390 (±0.5% / ±2,722.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

95.6% ±3.3% (35,315  ±1,352) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Passaic County: 85.2% 295,082 (±1.2% / ±4,098.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
56.2% ±2.6% (20,749  ±1,000.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Passaic County: 30.1% 104,229 (±0.7% / ±2,432.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

19.9% ±1.6% (10,761  ±863) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Passaic County: 32.5% 168,809
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

4.2% ±0.8% (1,798  ±330) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Passaic County: 2.9% 11,395 (±0.2% / ±859)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
1,798 Total veterans ±330 1,738 Male ±312 60 Female ±72

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