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Hawthorne, NJ

19,628 Population
3.3 square miles 5,914.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$52,062 ±$3,369 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$110,237 ±$10,989 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

4.1% ±1.5% (790  ±298) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

24.6 minutes ±1.6 (224,075  ±20,992) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

7,607 ±363 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,409,947 ±10,406
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.6 ±0.1 (19,500  ±25) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

4.3% ±2.3% (198  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,244 (±0.1% / ±4,356)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

8,046 ±415 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,038,666 ±1,324
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$533,700 ±$23,162 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $614,200 ±$1,348
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

10% ±2.9% (1,931  ±570.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 1,801,060 (±0.1% / ±19,484.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

95.8% ±5.7% (13,954  ±970.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
47% ±4.6% (6,846  ±711.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.2% 6,168,034 (±0.2% / ±20,817.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

20.4% ±3.7% (3,998  ±718) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

3.9% ±1.1% (608  ±170) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
608 Total veterans ±170 536 Male ±144 72 Female ±77

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