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Buena, NJ

4,500 Population
7.6 square miles 594.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 44.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,644 ±$6,890 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $44,763 ±$872
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$78,393 ±$18,223 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $80,600 ±$1,803
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

6% ±3% (268  ±135) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 12% 43,416 (±0.7% / ±2,568)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

30 minutes ±0.8 (60,000  ±8,787) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 24.7 3,820,375 (±0.5 / ±93,438)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

1,633 ±158 Number of households
  • the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 153,081 ±1,264
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.7 ±0.3 (4,465  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 2.4 362,244 (±0 / ±218)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

5.1% ±5.3% (69  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 5.9% † 4,470 (±1% / ±733)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

1,757 ±163 Number of housing units
  • the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 231,727 ±181
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$249,100 ±$34,253 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: $302,600 ±$5,290
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

7.6% ±4.9% (338  ±216.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 10.7% 39,274 (±0.7% / ±2,514.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

86.5% ±10.3% (2,391  ±323.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 90.4% 240,036 (±1.3% / ±3,550.7)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
21.4% ±5.9% (591  ±167.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 32.9% 87,271 (±0.8% / ±2,053.4)
  • about half 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

14.5% ±7.6% (653  ±342) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 13.2% 48,889
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

3.2% ±1.7% (110  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metro Area: 6% 17,753 (±0.3% / ±973)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
110 Total veterans ±61 110 Male ±61 N/A Female ±14

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