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Wayne township, Passaic County, NJ

53,729 Population
23.7 square miles 2,265 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Passaic County: 38.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$65,579 ±$2,978 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Passaic County: $40,241 ±$737
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$151,561 ±$7,300 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Passaic County: $87,137 ±$1,969
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

3% ±0.6% (1,566  ±313) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Passaic County: 13.7% 69,781 (±0.8% / ±4,012)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

30 minutes ±1.1 (671,040  ±39,166) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Passaic County: 27.3 5,997,155 (±0.3 / ±112,124)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

18,697 ±564 Number of households
  • Passaic County: 177,964 ±777
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.8 ±0.1 (51,541  ±70) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Passaic County: 2.9 509,540 (±0 / ±182)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

3.5% ±1.2% (407  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Passaic County: 4.2% † 5,002 (±0.5% / ±596)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

19,396 ±575 Number of housing units
  • Passaic County: 185,439 ±158
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$596,700 ±$11,574 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Passaic County: $439,400 ±$4,112
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

6.9% ±1.4% (3,665  ±734.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Passaic County: 8.2% 42,103 (±0.6% / ±2,963.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

96.2% ±3.1% (35,226  ±1,318.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Passaic County: 85.1% 295,540 (±1.2% / ±4,044.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
56.8% ±2.5% (20,775  ±1,005.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Passaic County: 30.3% 105,257 (±0.7% / ±2,440.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

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

20% ±1.5% (10,749  ±801) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Passaic County: 32.8% 170,056
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

3.7% ±0.8% (1,542  ±335) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Passaic County: 2.8% 10,892 (±0.2% / ±881)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
1,542 Total veterans ±335 1,490 Male ±324 52 Female ±56

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