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Wayne township, Passaic County, NJ

53,665 Population
23.7 square miles 2,262.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Passaic County: 37.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$55,880 ±$2,583 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Passaic County: $33,863 ±$529
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
$127,623 ±$7,573 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Passaic County: $73,562 ±$1,609
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402

3.4% ±0.8% (1,730  ±392) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Passaic County: 14.8% 73,484 (±0.6% / ±3,021)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)

31.1 minutes ±0.9 (746,675  ±36,308) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Passaic County: 28 6,355,935 (±0.3 / ±100,873)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)

Families

18,663 ±494 Number of households
  • Passaic County: 168,681 ±584
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
2.8 ±0.1 (51,336  ±387) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Passaic County: 2.9 494,256 (±0 / ±607)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841

2.8% ±0.8% (321  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Passaic County: 4.4% 5,256 (±0.4% / ±439)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)

Housing

19,122 ±504 Number of housing units
  • Passaic County: 177,216 ±221
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505

$482,800 ±$9,495 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Passaic County: $352,000 ±$3,321
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980

8.3% ±1.3% (4,414  ±714.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Passaic County: 8.8% 43,602 (±0.5% / ±2,610.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)

Social

95.1% ±3% (35,175  ±1,272.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Passaic County: 84.5% 282,350 (±1.3% / ±4,207.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
56.5% ±2.4% (20,888  ±962.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Passaic County: 29.5% 98,692 (±0.7% / ±2,437.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)

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

20.9% ±1.7% (11,212  ±896) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Passaic County: 32.1% 161,421 (±0.7% / ±3,361)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)

4.5% ±0.8% (1,888  ±323) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Passaic County: 3.3% 12,474 (±0.2% / ±888)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
1,888 Total veterans ±323 1,856 Male ±321 32 Female ±32

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