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Census Tract 204, Essex, NJ

4,892 Population
2.5 square miles 1,971.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$112,870 ±$12,163 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $48,021 ±$762
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$220,893 ±$57,752 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $76,712 ±$1,583
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

2.2% ±2% (108  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Essex County: 15% 125,419 (±0.6% / ±5,302)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

35.7 minutes ±3.2 (61,175  ±14,223) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 34 11,591,380 (±0.4 / ±199,684)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

1,685 ±133 Number of households
  • Essex County: 317,473 ±1,127
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.9 ±0.1 (4,879  ±432) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Essex County: 2.6 832,848 (±0 / ±509)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

4.2% ±4.3% (37  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Essex County: 5.2% 10,968 (±0.5% / ±950)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

1,694 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 335,550 ±293
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$735,700 ±$61,186 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $494,400 ±$6,316
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

6.8% ±4.7% (330  ±230) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 10.8% 91,445 (±0.6% / ±4,756.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

98.8% ±7.6% (3,391  ±470.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 86.8% 499,938 (±1% / ±5,671.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
68.4% ±4.1% (2,348  ±304.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 37.9% 218,230 (±0.6% / ±3,436.7)
  • about 1.5 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

25.7% ±5.6% (1,257  ±295) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 29.3% 250,406
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

1.6% ±1.2% (60  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 2.7% 17,386 (±0.2% / ±1,107)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
60 Total veterans ±44 60 Male ±44 N/A Female ±14

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