Census Reporter

Newark, NJ

281,917 Population
24.1 square miles 11,676.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$20,924 ±$520 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $45,049 ±$179
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
$37,476 ±$1,386 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $81,951 ±$316
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402

26.3% ±1.2% (70,955  ±3,266) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.4% 2,340,049 (±0.1% / ±23,249)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)

34.5 minutes ±0.7 (3,859,670  ±112,973) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 37 317,292,040 (±0.1 / ±1,124,671)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)

Families

102,195 ±1,178 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,065,536 ±10,461
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
2.6 ±0 (268,421  ±869) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 18,880,565
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841

6.1% ±0.8% (4,464  ±612) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.8% 223,112 (±0.1% / ±3,565)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)

Housing

114,410 ±1,190 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,756,312 ±1,612
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505

$254,900 ±$8,756 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $465,400 ±$1,046
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980

10.7% ±0.7% (29,874  ±2,066.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.4% 1,788,772 (±0.1% / ±15,527.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)

Social

76.5% ±1.6% (140,779  ±3,226) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87% 11,721,010 (±0.2% / ±28,527.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
15.5% ±0.8% (28,465  ±1,409.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 41.4% 5,582,000 (±0.1% / ±18,453.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)

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

32.5% ±0.8% (91,669  ±2,363) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.3% 5,652,129 (±0.1% / ±23,018)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)

2.5% ±0.3% (5,357  ±691) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.2% 488,632 (±0% / ±4,952)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
5,357 Total veterans ±691 4,841 Male ±635 516 Female ±201

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