Census Reporter

Newark, NJ

282,102 Population
24.1 square miles 11,684.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.1 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 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$21,095 ±$1,263 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $43,035 ±$278
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $42,815 ±$321
$37,642 ±$3,434 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $78,478 ±$729
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $81,740 ±$687

24.6% ±2.7% (66,255  ±7,389) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.3% 2,411,422 (±0.2% / ±47,368)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.5% 832,133 (±0.3% / ±26,316)

33.7 minutes ±1.1 (4,153,955  ±216,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 37.6 347,870,690 (±0.2 / ±2,027,545)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32.5 136,032,825 (±0.2 / ±1,046,858)

Families

101,689 ±2,837 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,282,923 ±15,411
  • New Jersey: 3,249,567 ±9,867
2.6 ±0.1 (268,231  ±2,581) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 19,570,592 (±0 / ±8,882)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,726,407 (±0)

8.6% ±2.1% (6,173  ±1,531) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.8% 232,263 (±0.2% / ±8,737)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 105,146 (±0.2% / ±4,921)

Housing

114,061 ±2,918 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 8,021,225 ±3,546
  • New Jersey: 3,628,198 ±324

$251,800 ±$21,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $457,100 ±$2,058
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $344,000 ±$2,091

13% ±2% (36,222  ±5,460.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.5% 1,880,159 (±0.2% / ±35,452.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.7% 944,895 (±0.3% / ±27,302)

Social

78.1% ±3.1% (143,482  ±6,438.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87.2% 12,169,178 (±0.4% / ±54,642.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.2% 5,581,747 (±0.6% / ±35,694)
15.4% ±1.5% (28,194  ±2,819.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 41.1% 5,739,471 (±0.3% / ±36,210.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 40.8% 2,524,992 (±0.4% / ±23,059.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

33.6% ±2.3% (94,900  ±6,453) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.1% 5,803,821 (±0.2% / ±40,215)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.8% 2,033,292 (±0.3% / ±25,652)

1.8% ±0.5% (3,812  ±1,110) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.3% 517,803 (±0.1% / ±11,833)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4.4% 308,012 (±0.1% / ±8,805)
3,812 Total veterans ±1,110 3,121 Male ±924 691 Female ±543

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