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Asbury Park, NJ

15,536 Population
1.4 square miles 10,872.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$43,131 ±$7,339 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $45,049 ±$179
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
$53,655 ±$7,273 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $81,951 ±$316
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402

22.5% ±4.7% (3,486  ±733) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.4% 2,340,049 (±0.1% / ±23,249)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)

31.3 minutes ±2.2 (247,330  ±24,859) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 37 317,292,040 (±0.1 / ±1,124,671)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)

Families

7,185 ±423 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,065,536 ±10,461
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
2.1 ±0.1 (15,306  ±109) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 18,880,565
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841

3.2% ±1.5% (135  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.8% 223,112 (±0.1% / ±3,565)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)

Housing

8,463 ±464 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,756,312 ±1,612
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505

$397,900 ±$35,060 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: $465,400 ±$1,046
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980

17.4% ±3.2% (2,684  ±490.1) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.4% 1,788,772 (±0.1% / ±15,527.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)

Social

86.6% ±5.6% (9,798  ±749.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87% 11,721,010 (±0.2% / ±28,527.2)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
39.7% ±4.6% (4,494  ±551.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 41.4% 5,582,000 (±0.1% / ±18,453.3)
  • about the same as 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

14.3% ±2.9% (2,223  ±446) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.3% 5,652,129 (±0.1% / ±23,018)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)

3.2% ±0.9% (404  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.2% 488,632 (±0% / ±4,952)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
404 Total veterans ±115 394 Male ±116 10 Female ±17

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