Census Reporter

Newark, NJ

281,999 Population
24.1 square miles 11,680.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$19,805 ±$1,190 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $46,241 ±$287
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $44,888 ±$352
$40,235 ±$4,272 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $83,160 ±$791
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $85,751 ±$760

25.2% ±2.9% (67,923  ±7,877) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 11.6% 2,189,593 (±0.3% / ±50,436)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 798,262 (±0.3% / ±25,821)

34.9 minutes ±1.8 (4,097,015  ±287,248) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 37.7 340,704,255 (±0.1 / ±1,543,249)
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 33.1 139,069,755 (±0.2 / ±1,071,015)

Families

102,155 ±3,269 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,102,817 ±14,519
  • New Jersey: 3,286,264 ±9,466
2.6 ±0.1 (267,805  ±2,846) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 18,828,578 (±0 / ±7,460)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,701,703 (±0)

5.8% ±1.6% (4,311  ±1,190) 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: 4.6% 214,601 (±0.2% / ±8,818)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 95,678 (±0.3% / ±5,234)

Housing

113,623 ±3,536 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,797,416 ±3,365
  • New Jersey: 3,641,854 ±1,185

$270,600 ±$21,602 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: $482,900 ±$2,001
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $348,800 ±$1,764

11.7% ±2.1% (32,509  ±5,777.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.6% 1,830,658 (±0.2% / ±35,316.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 902,872 (±0.3% / ±26,958.1)

Social

75.7% ±3.4% (138,859  ±6,917.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87.3% 11,789,832 (±0.4% / ±57,008.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,591,610 (±0.6% / ±37,408.4)
14.1% ±1.6% (25,920  ±2,936) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 41.8% 5,642,491 (±0.3% / ±38,286.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 41.2% 2,551,765 (±0.4% / ±23,822)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

35.4% ±2.6% (99,921  ±7,439) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.7% 5,697,739 (±0.2% / ±43,405)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.4% 2,074,686 (±0.3% / ±23,672)

1.8% ±0.4% (3,892  ±886) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.1% 473,161 (±0.1% / ±11,843)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4.4% 302,777 (±0.1% / ±9,193)
3,892 Total veterans ±886 3,698 Male ±865 194 Female ±244

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