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Asbury Park, NJ

15,597 Population
1.4 square miles 10,914.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,999 ±$4,398 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $43,409 ±$187
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $42,745 ±$199
$47,841 ±$7,091 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $78,773 ±$390
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $82,545 ±$400

25.8% ±4.1% (4,023  ±636) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.8% 2,435,057 (±0.1% / ±20,831)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 10% 869,081 (±0.2% / ±15,206)

28.6 minutes ±2.6 (208,250  ±23,915) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 37.2 331,098,380 (±0.1 / ±1,030,288)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 32.2 133,166,730 (±0.1 / ±581,610)

Families

7,033 ±407 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 6,997,001 ±13,462
  • New Jersey: 3,231,874 ±7,167
2.2 ±0.1 (15,351  ±84) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 18,911,705 (±0 / ±3,046)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,694,933 (±0)

5.4% ±3% (221  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.7% 220,851 (±0.1% / ±3,694)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,738 (±0.1% / ±2,285)

Housing

8,456 ±412 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,717,242 ±1,436
  • New Jersey: 3,616,614 ±596

$377,400 ±$29,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $450,900 ±$823
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $335,600 ±$797

18.1% ±3.7% (2,789  ±573.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.4% 1,791,022 (±0.1% / ±15,198.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 898,984 (±0.1% / ±11,270.3)

Social

85.4% ±5.1% (9,321  ±657.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 86.5% 11,639,867 (±0.2% / ±26,504.4)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 89.8% 5,520,448 (±0.3% / ±16,297.9)
30.5% ±3.6% (3,330  ±407.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 40.4% 5,430,506 (±0.1% / ±16,568.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 39.7% 2,440,951 (±0.2% / ±9,872.7)

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

17.7% ±2.6% (2,766  ±411) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.5% 5,684,190 (±0.1% / ±21,520)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 22.4% 1,992,027 (±0.1% / ±11,424)

3.3% ±1.1% (407  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.4% 509,343 (±0% / ±4,689)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 321,991 (±0.1% / ±3,253)
407 Total veterans ±132 400 Male ±131 7 Female ±14

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