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Elizabeth, NJ

140,401 Population
12.3 square miles 11,397.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$25,901 ±$1,650 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,724 ±$410
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$62,114 ±$6,242 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,852 ±$781
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.4% ±3% (24,111  ±4,212) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.5% 2,457,925 (±0.3% / ±48,416)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.3 minutes ±1.5 (1,636,015  ±136,343) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36.5 312,069,860 (±0.2 / ±2,124,253)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.9 131,588,270 (±0.2 / ±1,265,689)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

45,767 ±2,373 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,486,828 ±18,178
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3 ±0.2 (139,156  ±194) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,506,840 (±0 / ±6,880)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.7% ±2.6% (2,374  ±943) 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: 4.7% 223,867 (±0.2% / ±9,782)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

48,518 ±2,465 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,129,556 ±3,255
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$518,100 ±$33,962 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $648,800 ±$2,533
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.7% ±2.1% (9,234  ±2,837.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.6% 1,701,255 (±0.2% / ±37,632.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

72.8% ±4.8% (65,587  ±4,829.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.5% 12,364,968 (±0.4% / ±61,462.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
14.1% ±2.3% (12,685  ±2,112.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 45% 6,366,678 (±0.3% / ±42,862.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

54.2% ±3.8% (76,056  ±5,303) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.8% 6,143,359
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.1% ±0.5% (1,121  ±544) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.4% 386,034 (±0.1% / ±10,262)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,121 Total veterans ±544 999 Male ±513 122 Female ±148

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