Census Reporter

Newark, NJ

285,156 Population
24.1 square miles 11,810.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 39.8 ±0.2

Economics

$18,812 ±$878 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $40,772 ±$302
  • about half the amount in New Jersey: $40,567 ±$329
$35,167 ±$2,761 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $75,368 ±$538
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Jersey: $80,088 ±$672

27.8% ±2.5% (76,159  ±6,937) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.8% 2,546,704 (±0.2% / ±45,726)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 10% 882,673 (±0.3% / ±28,071)

35.3 minutes ±1.8 (3,971,485  ±276,676) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 37 347,103,130 (±0.2 / ±1,871,114)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32.1 134,987,200 (±0.2 / ±1,141,097)

Families

98,678 ±2,980 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,204,800 ±11,460
  • New Jersey: 3,218,798 ±8,951
2.8 ±0.1 (272,589  ±1,846) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.8 19,911,669
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,822,571 (±0)

4.4% ±1.4% (3,280  ±1,082) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.6% 226,953 (±0.2% / ±7,344)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 98,578 (±0.3% / ±5,606)

Housing

113,025 ±3,172 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,983,770 ±2,972
  • New Jersey: 3,615,891 ±257

$235,000 ±$19,191 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $440,900 ±$1,808
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $334,900 ±$1,880

9.4% ±1.6% (26,381  ±4,491) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.5% 1,908,531 (±0.2% / ±37,271.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.6% 942,152 (±0.3% / ±27,840.3)

Social

73.1% ±3% (136,354  ±6,174.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 86.5% 12,231,390 (±0.4% / ±54,074.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 89.9% 5,606,353 (±0.5% / ±33,846.2)
15.5% ±1.6% (28,970  ±3,062.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39.6% 5,603,214 (±0.3% / ±36,832.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 39.7% 2,476,707 (±0.4% / ±22,192.8)

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

33.3% ±2.2% (94,808  ±6,281) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.2% 5,928,468 (±0.2% / ±41,679)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.8% 2,055,062 (±0.3% / ±24,340)

2.4% ±0.5% (5,204  ±1,031) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.4% 538,066 (±0.1% / ±9,747)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4.6% 325,283 (±0.1% / ±7,100)
5,204 Total veterans ±1,031 4,361 Male ±953 843 Female ±568

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