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Highland Park, NJ

14,996 Population
1.8 square miles 8,234.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$52,912 ±$4,451 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $52,011 ±$243
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$93,927 ±$8,425 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $93,610 ±$426
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

10.5% ±3.7% (1,576  ±550) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.3% 2,415,989 (±0.1% / ±26,451)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

26.7 minutes ±2.8 (179,200  ±23,580) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 36.4 302,192,860 (±0.1 / ±1,020,070)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

6,547 ±329 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,321,054 ±11,009
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.3 ±0.1 (14,961  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 19,503,216
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

5.9% ±4% (255  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.9% 231,493 (±0.1% / ±4,596)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

6,942 ±363 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,981,356 ±1,276
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$420,900 ±$30,829 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $553,500 ±$1,374
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

16.5% ±4.2% (2,454  ±,617.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.5% 1,876,448 (±0.1% / ±18,290.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

96% ±6.8% (10,445  ±,859.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87.4% 12,202,377 (±0.2% / ±31,916.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
70.3% ±6% (7,650  ±,721.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 42.8% 5,967,580 (±0.2% / ±20,727.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

36.6% ±4.7% (5,485  ±697) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.5% 5,881,234
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

2.9% ±1.2% (352  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.9% 457,983 (±0% / ±5,489)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
352 Total veterans ±153 309 Male ±149 43 Female ±41

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