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Newark, NJ

305,339 Population
24.1 square miles 12,646.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.1

Economics

$25,171 ±$2,463 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $52,308 ±$402
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $51,272 ±$483
$49,688 ±$4,647 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $91,562 ±$610
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $96,346 ±$1,114

24% ±3.1% (70,767  ±9,097) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.8% 2,467,826 (±0.3% / ±58,831)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 882,045 (±0.4% / ±33,909)

31.4 minutes ±1.4 (3,815,480  ±245,307) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 35.8 287,288,350 (±0.1 / ±1,794,548)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.3 116,394,656 (±0.3 / ±1,285,030)

Families

112,713 ±3,412 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,478,571 ±16,701
  • New Jersey: 3,516,978 ±9,044
2.6 ±0.1 (293,905  ±1,059) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.6 19,217,686 (±0 / ±3,239)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,092,231

4.1% ±1.6% (3,238  ±1,288) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 5% 230,940 (±0.2% / ±8,795)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5% 105,942 (±0.3% / ±6,352)

Housing

118,265 ±3,328 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 8,074,003 ±1,485
  • New Jersey: 3,785,097 ±490

$344,800 ±$18,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $578,800 ±$2,855
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $428,900 ±$2,759

9.8% ±2.2% (29,671  ±6,592.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.7% 1,891,901 (±0.2% / ±40,396.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 885,133 (±0.3% / ±28,013.2)

Social

77.2% ±3.4% (152,874  ±7,440.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87.6% 12,119,257 (±0.5% / ±61,879.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,880,219 (±0.6% / ±38,924.2)
20% ±1.8% (39,666  ±3,712.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 43.9% 6,080,212 (±0.3% / ±41,652.5)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 43.5% 2,821,608 (±0.4% / ±26,260.5)

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

34.9% ±2.5% (106,540  ±7,507) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.8% 5,849,896
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.6% 2,181,082

2.4% ±0.7% (5,446  ±1,600) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7% 419,007 (±0.1% / ±11,623)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 279,664 (±0.1% / ±8,986)
5,446 Total veterans ±1,600 4,869 Male ±1,495 577 Female ±462

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