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Elizabeth, NJ

135,836 Population
12.3 square miles 11,026.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$29,084 ±$2,164 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,000 ±$361
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$71,715 ±$6,304 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $95,220 ±$777
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

14.1% ±3.5% (18,948  ±4,706) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.8% 2,446,378 (±0.3% / ±48,131)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

28.7 minutes ±1 (1,791,810  ±123,087) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 299,717,920 (±0.2 / ±1,953,204)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.4 126,643,450 (±0.3 / ±1,324,142)

Families

45,491 ±1,864 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,490,498 ±17,819
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
3 ±0.1 (134,916  ±60) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,090,424 (±0 / ±10,760)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 † 9,122,744 (±,157 / ±-555,555,600)

7.1% ±2.8% (2,471  ±981) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 5% 227,692 (±0.2% / ±10,459)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

48,017 ±1,792 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,083,521 ±4,695
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$468,200 ±$35,963 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $610,200 ±$2,813
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

8.7% ±2.7% (11,607  ±3,532.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.8% 1,694,408 (±0.2% / ±35,860.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

77.9% ±5.1% (65,062  ±4,864.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.9% 12,150,424 (±0.4% / ±59,520.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
17.3% ±2.7% (14,452  ±2,327.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.6% 6,167,831 (±0.3% / ±41,249.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)

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

46.7% ±3.8% (63,431  ±5,097) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.5% † 5,938,058 (±,867.7% / ±41,847)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% † 2,250,431 (±1,448.4% / ±28,235)

1.9% ±0.8% (1,845  ±778) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.5% 390,581 (±0.1% / ±9,777)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
1,845 Total veterans ±778 1,664 Male ±753 181 Female ±239

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